Detectives with the Clayton Police Department are investigating three suspicious vehicle fires as a targeted hate crime. The cars were set ablaze early Tuesday morning, Aug. 5, and antisemitic graffiti was found written in the roadway nearby. The incident...

When Emily Austin was 16, a Holocaust education trip to Poland changed her life. The child of secular Israeli immigrants to New York, Austin grew up in Brooklyn and decided early on that being a Jew was important to her identity. But after the Poland...

(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly planning to fully occupy the Gaza Strip, including by launching operations in areas where Israeli hostages are held. Sources within Netanyahu’s government spoke to Israeli media...

Real estate developer and longtime community supporter Michael Staenberg has redirected a significant portion of his $1.8 million gift—originally intended to secure naming rights for the Jewish Community Center’s Chesterfield campus—to fund new...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Louis Keene covers Orthodox life and news generally for the Forward, including Jewish LGBTQ+ issues. In 2023,...

Last month, the Jewish Light shared reporting from The Forward, a national, nonprofit Jewish news website, that detailed the rise of a whites-only enclave in northeast Arkansas. That story, titled "No Jews allowed—just 222 miles from St. Louis, white...

Holocaust survivors say the hostage videos published in recent days recall for them their own torture and deprivation under the Nazis eight decades ago. “Their bodies are painfully thin—nearly Muselmänner—their eyes terrified and vacant,...

I lost my dad, Dr. Allen Palmer, on Friday. And as I sit in my backyard this glorious Sunday evening, I find myself reflecting on what I actually learned from the man. There are a few very specific things—but none of them happened in some dramatic movie...

More than 2,100 children in St. Louis will start school with confidence and plenty of school supplies this fall, thanks to the National Council of Jewish Women-St. Louis. On Sunday, Aug. 3, NCJWSTL held its annual Back To School! Store at Temple Israel....

The Nishmah Women’s Retreat is returning to Camp Sabra this fall for its second year, offering a weekend of connection, reflection and community. Scheduled for Friday through Sunday, Sept. 12–14, the retreat is designed for women who enjoy nature,...

The Clayton School District will roll out new anti-hate programming from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), including mandatory antisemitism training for all staff and the adoption of the No Place for Hate® initiative at two of its schools. Beginning...

The St. Charles Jewish Festival returns Sunday, Aug. 10, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., featuring live music, food and Jewish culture. A welcome addition to the festival, now in its fifth year, will be more opportunities to get out of the hot sun...