Gwen Goldenberg Rubin, October 21, 2023 Gwen Goldenberg Rubin, 64, of Ridgefield, CT., passed away at her home on Saturday, October 21, 2023. Gwen was born in St. Louis, on December 6, 1958; a daughter of the late Sidney and Janice (Cohn) Goldenberg....

Ellen Soule is the new associate director of advancement for the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University. She is responsible for managing donors and prospective donors for the school and serves as the liaison to the Mildred Lane...

Nava Kantor is one of 32 individuals selected for the fall 2023 cohort of FOCUS St. Louis’ Women in Leadership. The program offers professionals the opportunity to refine their leadership competencies, gain a deeper understanding of the St. Louis...

A version of this story first appeared on Chabad.org/News. The dumping of crawfish at a Jewish fraternity house at UC Berkeley last month caused Jewish students to feel targeted, but it ultimately also created an opportunity to educate the community...

Charlotte Goldstein, daughter of Jamie and Adam Goldstein of St. Louis, became a bat mitzvah in May 2023 at United Hebrew Congregation.  Charlotte is the granddaughter of Terri Garland, Susan Fiman, Paul Goldstein and the late Kristen Goldstein, all...

Levy Fellows, a cohort for board leaders of Jewish organizations in the St. Louis region, is now accepting applications for programs to take place in October and November. The program is sponsored by Jewish Federation of St. Louis’ Millstone Leadership...

I remember the first time I was ever sent to the principal's office.  It happened during Sunday school at Congregation Temple Israel in the late 1970s. The lesson that Sunday was the story of Jonah. Long story short, Jonah disobeys G-d, hops a ship,...

I just returned from watching my grandson play lacrosse. Lacrosse is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. Indigenous describes any group of people native...

They are everywhere you look. Ken and Barbie, the most glamorous stars of the summer, are ready to make their big screen debuts in a buzzy live-action film to be released July 21st. The film has sparked renewed interest in the pop culture icons including...

Mark Robinson, the GOP frontrunner for North Carolina governor in the 2024 contest who has been accused of trafficking in antisemitism, encouraged the reading of quotes from Adolf Hitler and other dictators at a conservative conference this weekend. “Whether...

Jeff Gray arrives home on a late Tuesday afternoon as the temperature outside hovers around 90 degrees, hotter than average for early June. After entering, he sits in a chair positioned directly in front of an air conditioner blowing cool air into the...

In 2019, Drew Patchin was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer and underwent surgery and radiation treatments. Unfortunately, a scan this past February 2023 revealed a new spot in a more dangerous location than Drew’s other brain tumors. St. Louis...