Israeli troops have rescued an Israeli hostage from southern Gaza, the military announced Tuesday. The eighth captive held by Hamas to be brought back alive by Israeli forces since Oct. 7. Qaid Farhan al-Qadi, 52, a Bedouin Israeli and father of 11...

To this day, the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum has documented the stories of over 900 Holocaust survivors who made St. Louis their home after World War II. These survivors, whose names are displayed in the museum’s St. Louis Survivors Gallery,...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Did you know that Michel Hazanavicius, the French director whose film The Artist won the Academy Award for best film in...

This story is being published in partnership with the Missouri Historical Society. At Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Robert Fishbone found two things that changed his life. Initially intent on studying biochemistry, he discovered photography,...

Former President Donald Trump was set to announce the relocation of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem during his 2017 visit to Israel, but postponed the decision after a discussion with his national security adviser, according to a new book. Trump...

Nearly 3,800 visitors attended the fourth annual St. Charles Jewish Festival on Sunday, August 25. They were treated to food, music, crafts and other examples of Jewish culture. As the festival opened, attendees also learned the Hebrew word for love (ahavah)...

The building’s architecture is outdated.  At best, it should be torn down and reconstructed. At the least, it could use some modern touches and a few coats of paint. Tucked away among the grandiose mansions in Mizzou’s Greek town, stands the home...

The St. Charles Jewish Festival returns this month to celebrate Jewish life and culture in a new venue. On Sunday, Aug. 25, the festival will run from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Lewis & Clark Boat House parking lot located at 1050 S. Riverside Drive...

Israel bombed hundreds of sites inside Lebanon and Hezbollah fired hundreds of rockets into Israel early Sunday in a sharp flare of hostilities at Israel’s northern border. Hezbollah has said for weeks that it is planning a significant attack within...

A man has been arrested in France after a synagogue there was set ablaze early Saturday morning, in at least the second French synagogue arson in recent months. And police in Germany said they had taken into custody a 26-year-old Syrian man in connection...

CHICAGO — Vice President Kamala Harris, after accepting the Democrats' presidential nomination, pledged her commitment to ensuring Israel's ability to defend itself, bringing an end to the Gaza Strip conflict, and pursuing Palestinian self-determination. Harris’...

CHICAGO — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said that the continued attacks on him by Donald Trump are proof Trump can’t quit him. Or antisemitism. Shapiro was asked Thursday about a social media post in which the former president and Republican nominee...