(JTA) “Lowly Bagel Transformed by an Artist,” reads the 1974 New York Times headline. Around these parts, we don’t tend to think of bagels as lowly to begin with—but what a young woman named Judy Blau did to bagels was decidedly elevating.
For...
TEANECK, N.J. — Happy National Pickle Month. That's right, if you're a pickle lover, you're in luck. July is national pickle month: a month dedicated to crunchy, super-tasty pickles!
Let's be honest, how much do you really appreciate the pickle?...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-Chief
• Published November 20, 2020
Jacob Siwak grew up in Clayton attending Central Reform Congregation. He graduated from John Burroughs School and Washington University, having majored in film. He initially moved to New York to work for producer Scott Rudin (“No Country for Old Men,”...
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting concerning issues in the Middle East, at U.N. headquarters in New York, Feb. 20, 2018. Abbas is also the head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization....
From left to right, Director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, President Donald Trump, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney. Trump was delivering...
Women’s Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis will lead a mission trip to New York City from April 23 to 25, for a mix of Jewish learning, food and friends. The trip will include visits to the Eldridge Street Synagogue (a National Historic...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) hands the Genesis Award to former New York City mayor, Michael Bloomberg (R ), during the Genesis Award ceremony at the Jerusalem Theater, on Thursday, May 22, 2014. Former mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg,...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published August 15, 2012
There are certain women who always seem to look terrific, even when they’re schlepping about in what seems to have become the standard St. Louis schlepping uniform, Lululemon workouts. Susan Sherman is one of these women. We’d hate her if she weren’t...
I'm sure you won't be surprised that St. Louis did not make the top 10 list for the best cities to be single in, in a recent survey by Kiplingers.com. I bet you will be surprised by some of the cities that did make the list.In my situation, it doesn't...
The Israel advocacy organization StandWithUs will place pro-Israel advertisements in suburban New York public transit stations that are displaying anti-Israel ads. StandWithUs will place a total of 75 ads in Metro-North railway stations in Westchester...
Haredi Orthodox shop owners in Williamsburg, Brooklyn have faced criticism of signs in some shops requesting that patrons dress modestly. According to CBS News-New York, local non-haredi residents of the Hasidic enclave feel that signs banning low-cut...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published July 18, 2012
Myron Jaffe, who with his late wife founded Admiral Rental and Sales Co., a successful health equipment and party and event furniture rental business, and who was an early and passionate supporter of Zionism, died Thursday, July 12, 2012, in Princeton,...
