A major shift is coming to Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School, reshaping Jewish education in St. Louis. On Feb. 27, families received an email announcing that Mirowitz will transition to kindergarten through sixth grade starting in the fall. Seventh...

Linda Sandmel began volunteering at age 13 as a candy striper. For nearly 70 years since then, her passion for helping others has not wavered. Through raising three children, surviving non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and all of the other various trials and...

St. Louis native and clinical psychologist David Klein has released his first book, “A Veteran's Toughest Fight: Finding Peace After Vietnam,” just in time for Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11. Klein, 55, has been working with veterans for nearly 27 years...

Where have all the mitzvah projects gone? As we’ve seen fewer projects highlighted in recent years, we wanted to spotlight the young adults putting the “mitzvah” in b’nai mitzvah.  Stella Shapiro United Hebrew Congregation, Crestwood Middle...

Shlomo and Kyra Ashkanazy are the two newest additions to Washington University’s thriving Jewish life on campus. In conjunction with WashU Hillel, they will lead the OU-JLIC (Orthodox Union Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus) program, geared toward...

When many people think of retirement, they think of slowing down. Not Nancy Wasserman Giannasi. After 34 years as an occupational therapist in the Special School District, she wasn’t ready to stop making a difference. In the past two years, Giannasi,...

After a six-day journey home, 22-year-old Ballwin native Madison Pines made it home from Israel following the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks. The recent graduate of Butler University returned on Oct. 17 from what was supposed to be a year teaching English...

Daniel Sentell is a native New Yorker, father of 10, former rabbi, and now the new coordinator of Jewish Community Employment Services. Before moving to St. Louis seven years ago with his family, the Yeshiva University alum was working in the financial...

COLUMBIA, MO. — A mikvah is a holy bath resembling a small swimming pool used to fulfill the Jewish law and mitzvah of family purity. However, the construction of the first mikvah in mid-Missouri is about more than just Jewish law. It represents hope,...

One stitch at a time, a group of United Hebrew Congregation members is working to lift the spirits of fellow congregants. “A Stitch and a Prayer” consists of about 15 women who come together to knit and crochet lap blankets every Tuesday afternoon...