Newsmakers is a compilation of local Jews’ newsworthy professional and academic accomplishments. Submit your news items to [email protected]. Call 314-743-3669 for more information. Published the first edition of each month. Attorney Susan...

It was the 1980s. I was a teenager, and the spread of a different contagion threatened to overturn our way of life: genital herpes.Fear of this new sexually transmitted disease led social commentators to ponder whether a new age of chivalry awaited us...

When Louis and Sarah Block Yeshiva High School closed in 2016, Rabbi Yonason Goldson, who spent two decades teaching there, said he “had to decide what I wanted to do when I grow up.”Goldson, 59, of University City, turned to public speaking, not...

If Moses won’t come to the mountain, bring the mountain to Moses.This might be the tagline from conservative strategists’ latest brainstorm: according to Politico, the Republican Jewish Coalition is spearheading a multi-million dollar campaign to...

Two weeks ago, an early-morning text heralded the tragic news that my dear friend, Stan Jacobs, had finally lost his long battle with cancer.  He was 70 years old.The memorial service drew a capacity crowd.  Everyone who knew Stan adored him. And I...

Ask any teacher. Ask any informed parent. Educational standards are in free fall across America, perhaps around the world. And in St. Louis, an extraordinary institution has closed its doors. Block Yeshiva High School did not come into existence as something...