(JTA) — President-elect Donald Trump has nominated billionaire financier Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of his transition team, as commerce secretary. Trump announced the appointment on Tuesday, after several Trump associates including Lutnick had...

The National Council of Jewish Women-St. Louis will honor Dana Sandweiss with its Hannah G. Solomon Founder’s Award, NCJW’s most prestigious recognition on Thursday, April 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Congregation Shaare Emeth, 11645 Ladue Road. NCJW’s...

The head of Jewish Federations of North America is doubling down on nonpartisanship after one of his executives upset colleagues last week by signaling excitement about Jewish settlement in Gaza. The remark by Karen Paikin Barall, JFNA’s vice president...

A hate-fueled demonstration in Columbus, Ohio, by the St. Louis-based white supremacist group known as the Hate Club, has drawn condemnation from the White House, along with city, state and Jewish community leaders. The group, carrying Nazi flags, marched...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. President-elect Donald Trump has appointed one of his Jewish personal attorneys to a powerful position in the White...

Seven months after assuming the role of executive director at the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of St. Louis, Rabbi Scott Shafrin will step down in January 2025 as his family begins an exciting new chapter. Shafrin’s wife, Rabbi Jessica...

Dana Bash, chief CNN political correspondent, denounced Code Pink after the anti-Israel group posted video footage of one of its members accosting Bash at Main Line Reform Temple, in the Philadelphia area, where she spoke on Thursday. “What is going...

The Jewish Student Union (JSU) is marking a new chapter for Jewish teens in St. Louis with the opening of the JSU Staenberg House on the Weissman/Kerner Campus. Designed to offer a bigger and better space for connection, learning, and celebration, this...

I’m not an accountant, and don’t play one on TV. However, over the past six months, I’ve become a project manager, preparing my parents’ house for sale. Part of that work included identifying charities I could donate to on their behalf, and other...

Kosher cuisine is stepping into the podcast world with GLATT, a fresh offering from Fleishigs Magazine in partnership with Kosher.com. As the podcast industry continues to boom, Shifra and Shlomo Klein—the powerhouse duo behind Fleishigs Magazine—saw...

WASHINGTON — One of Sen. Chuck Schumer’s last actions as the outgoing Senate majority leader is an attempt to codify a controversial definition of antisemitism in the face of claims from the left and the right that it impinges on free speech. The...

Mel Brooks, who mocked Adolf Hitler in his 1967 black comedy “The Producers,” has always made the case for satire as a weapon against tyranny. “You have to bring him down with ridicule,” he told “60 Minutes” in 2001. “It’s been one...