The St. Louis Jewish Film Festival continues its 21st year with two events at the Jewish Community Center’s Arts & Education Building, 2 Millstone Campus Drive. At 4 p.m. Sunday, July 10, the festival will present a double feature. The first film,...

When first meeting Ben Fainer, his expansive personality and relaxed smile could throw you off. It was impossible to tell from his optimistic outlook on life and gratitude for his blessings that he was a Holocaust survivor of several Nazi death camps.He...

Walter Gusdorf, who escaped from Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport, and who helped start a furniture  manufacturing company, died Sunday, May 8. He was 89 and a longtime St. Louis resident.Mr. Gusdorf was born in Worms, Germany, near Frankfurt on Sept....