On Sept. 29, St. Louis celebrated arts and culture at the Sababa Jewish Arts Festival near Creve Coeur. Held at the Staenberg Family Complex, the festival featured a diverse lineup of music that engaged attendees with sounds from Jewish and global traditions. Art...

(JNS) Hundreds of thousands of Americans living in Israel are eligible to vote in November’s U.S. elections, including some in swing states whose votes could prove decisive in a close election, the heads of Democratic and Republican organizations in...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. In upstate New York, former Rep. Mondaire Jones is ready to launch a new digital ad blasting Rep. Mike Lawyer for defending...

Israel killed Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, in an airstrike in Beirut Friday, the latest Israeli assassination of a terror group leader and a pivotal development in the escalating conflict on Israel’s northern border. For three decades,...

Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.), chair of the House Ways and Means Committee wrote to Daniel Werfel, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, on Tuesday calling for an investigation of nine nonprofits that he said are “fueling chaos, illegal conduct and...

In May 2019, Temple B’nai Sholom in Quincy, Ill., held its final service, closing its doors after more than 150 years. The once-thriving congregation, which had counted 500 Jewish residents at its peak, had dwindled to fewer than 30. “We never...

(JTA) — Mike Lindell, the outspoken CEO of MyPillow claims he was unaware that the number $14.88, advertised as the price for one of his pillow products, is a neo-Nazi symbol, sparking controversy and backlash online. Mike Lindell responds to 14.88...

“Nobody Wants This,” a rom-com Netflix series starring Adam Brody as a charming Los Angeles rabbi who falls for a blond, agnostic sex and dating podcaster played by Kristen Bell, is based on a true story — kind of. Erin Foster, the creator of...

Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have intensified after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a ceasefire proposal led by the United States and France. Netanyahu confirmed that military operations on Israel’s northern border and Lebanon...

Marc Kornblatt prepared uneasily earlier this year for his daughter, Louisa, to arrive for 10 days with the family. Her homecomings once brought the comfort of movie nights and card games, but this year was different. Marc and his wife, Judith, had moved...

New Mount Sinai Cemetery welcomes the community to its annual memorial service, at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, featuring Holocaust Composer Stories and the music that defied the Nazis.  Holocaust Composer Stories is a collaboration between the St. Louis...

Here’s a recipe for strife: Start with a population that suffers from two millennia of discrimination and violence. Add a big dash of land that many in this population feel represents their homeland, and then mix in a healthy dose of a politically...