From his childhood bedroom in University City to the bustling political scene of Washington, D.C., Gabe Fleisher has embarked on a remarkable journey in life and journalism. Now age 22 and a recent graduate of Georgetown University, Fleisher...

BNEI BRAK, Israel — Members of Israel’s Haredi community are warning of a religious war after this country’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the government must start drafting yeshiva students into its military.  “If our young men have to...

Dana DeBlasi is the new president of Shaare Emeth’s board of directors for the 2024-2025 term. She is the senior director, DMS Project Management at the Jewish Federations of North America.

A donor event was held at the JCC’s Marilyn Fox Building on Monday, June 24 to show supporters the progress of the renovation effort in progress at the facility. Construction began April with completion planned for September 2025. All areas of the building...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recommitted to pursuing the release of all hostages under the terms of a deal that includes a ceasefire after families of hostages released gruesome video of three on the day of their abduction. Netanyahu had...

(JTA) — More than 100 victims of Hamas’s massacres in Israel on Oct. 7 are suing UNRWA, the main relief agency for Palestinian refugees and their descendants, saying it effectively laundered money for the terrorist group, the latest in a spate of...

Changing the community and spreading knowledge one presentation at a time, St. Louis Jewish teens with Student to Student light up classrooms by sharing what it's like to be a Jewish teen growing up in today's world. Student to Student is a program...

My good friend, Taglit-Birthright Israel’s CEO Gidi Mark, challenged me recently: “Can you offer short, punchy answers to some of the pressing questions our participants have—and some of the accusations being thrown at them?” Here’s my best...

Starting July 1, the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum will begin a new, free art workshop entitled, “600 Butterflies: A Community Tribute to Holocaust Victims.” Butterflies have long been a symbol of the children murdered during the Holocaust....

Less than three months after Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, producers of the doomed Nova Musical Festival created a traveling exhibit in Tel Aviv about the more than 360 partygoers slaughtered on that day. Featuring the belongings of the victims...

On Sunday, 18 Israeli children began their first American summer camp adventure at Camp Ben Frankel, a Jewish sleepaway camp located in Makanda, Ill., about two hours south of St. Louis. All of these youngsters were either displaced from their homes...

Like many Jewish Louisianans, I followed with interest the so-called “Ten Commandments” bill which Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed into law this week. It requires public schools, including public colleges, to display the Ten Commandments in...