I first met Isaac Herzog in Israel around 2018, shortly after he became chair of the board of the Jewish Agency for Israel—an organization dedicated to strengthening both Israel and the Jewish people worldwide. By then, I had already served on the board...

Veteran educator Brian Thomas has been named interim head of school at Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School. The appointment of Thomas was announced on Wednesday, July 23, by Scott Levine, president of the school’s board of trustees. Levine’s introductory...

Love to write? Want to meet other creative Jewish teens? Have something to say about Jewish identity, high school life, current events, or pop culture? Then Ohr Chadash, the St. Louis Jewish Light’s teen page, is calling your name. Ohr Chadash (Hebrew...

One of the many unexpected bonuses of working in the St. Louis Jewish community for the past 17 years has been the friendships I’ve made along the way. Some were entirely unanticipated, born not out of long-shared history or careful cultivation but...

(JTA) — The largest synagogue in Judaism’s Reconstructionist movement is moving to cut ties with its denominational body over what its leaders describe as a failure to confront hostility to Israel among affiliated rabbis and rabbinical students. The...

When Clare Richardson was diagnosed with breast cancer during the thick of the COVID pandemic, the isolation hit her on all fronts. A former marathoner and triathlete, she was suddenly too depleted to work out and, with the world shut down, there was...

The top two leaders of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces have resigned amid an internal reckoning at the organization, just weeks after a leak revealed widespread allegations of financial mismanagement and a toxic workplace culture. In a message...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is facing political and physical backlash after voting against a proposed amendment to cut U.S. aid to Israel’s Iron Dome. As reported by both the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and JNS.org, the New York Democrat’s vote drew...

A coalition of 25 nations has urged an immediate Gaza ceasefire, citing escalating civilian deaths and deteriorating conditions at humanitarian aid sites. The call, reported by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, drew sharp rebuke from Israeli officials, who...

There’s no better time than summer to embrace an ancient Jewish practice that could transform how we connect with each other: kvelling or to Kvell. Kvell—the Yiddish word meaning to burst with pride and joy over someone else’s accomplishments—has...

The St. Louis Jewish Community Center (the J) is nearing completion of a major renovation of its Marilyn Fox Building in Chesterfield, part of the “Creating the J for Tomorrow” project. The effort, which wraps up in September, marks the end of...

The National Education Association has officially rejected a push to boycott Holocaust and antisemitism education materials produced by the Anti-Defamation League, a decision that drew praise from Jewish leaders across the political spectrum but also...