Avi Katz is a preschool student at H.F. Epstein Hebrew Academy—and an author. Katz wrote a book—in Hebrew—about his dog, Leo, a Beagle mix. Yet another preschool student, Bennett Bukhshtaber, wrote a book in Hebrew about his father, Matt, talking...

Assi Gastfraind has his audience's full attention. As he looks into young faces as bright as the Sunday morning sunlight streaming into this classroom tucked comfortably behind Bais Abraham's sanctuary, every question seems to elicit a sea of eager waving...

For 17-year-old Doron Grossman, transitioning from her kibbutz in Israel to high school in St. Louis wasn't easy. When she arrived here a few months ago, the teen knew very little English and felt somewhat out of place. Then she started attending meetings...