The numbers are a study in contrasts this year for the Jewish Federation of Greater St. Louis as the agency continues to pick its way through a turbulent economy and a rocky philanthropic environment. According to figures released Tuesday, the Jewish...

Bob Millstone's background might not be the most conventional for the leader of a mainstay Jewish organization. "I grew up in a small town in Vermont not surrounded by many Jews. We didn't practice Judaism at home, a little bit around Hanukkah and Passover,...