Volunteer notaries at Central Reform Congregation and Congregation Shaare Emeth will mask up once again to welcome anyone, free of charge, who needs their Missouri ballot notarized in advance of the Nov. 3 election. Notarization is required f…

Esther Miller Bais Yaakov, a local Jewish girls high school, will be hold its 19th annual John T. Glore Memorial Excellence in Education Golf Tournament on Oct. 21 at the Norman K. Probstein Golf Course in Forest Park.  Glore was a general st…

National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis will recognize Sen. Claire McCaskill with the organization’s top honor, the Hannah G. Solomon Founder’s Award, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 13 at NCJWSTL’s virtual Celebrating Women Event. 

Longtime JCRC program lets Jewish high schoolers teach peers at other schools about Judaism

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Lizzy Mills clearly recalls the day in June 2016 when her Cultural Leadership class was in Washington, D.C and met U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the legal champion and feminist trailblazer who passed away Friday at age 87. C…

Anna Rose Tendler has a vivid memory of Sept. 17, 1982. She had just given birth to her daughter Suzanne, so it was a joyous occasion. Mother and daughter would spend a few more days recuperating at Jewish Hospital. That caused Anna Rose some…

For many St. Louis Jews, Rosh Hashanah is a time for family and friends to congregate, pray together and enjoy a meal with sweet foods to usher in a new year filled with blessings and hope. But given COVID-19 and the need to keep gatherings s…

Before State Sen. Bob Onder, R-St. Charles, appeared on a conservative talk radio show earlier this month, he tweeted out a plea to listeners: “Please call your state representatives &tell them to pass #HB2, and stand with the innocent vi…

With the High Holidays approaching and COVID-19 making it difficult for many to join a traditional synagogue service, Chabad centers throughout St. Louis will hold seven outdoor Rosh Hashanah services on Sunday, Sept. 20. 

Temple Israel’s chef Debbie Jennings is firing up the kitchen to handmake gourmet meals from scratch for easy, contactless curbside weekly pick up. 

Congregation B’nai Amoona is planning a variety of adult Hebrew classes and other learning opportunities this fall. Classes will be virtual, held via Zoom.  

St. Louis-area Reform rabbis will teach the Union for Reform Judaism’s “Intro to Judaism” course, starting in October. 

The Torah commands us to hear the sound of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah, and a mitzvah is a mitzvah, come rain, snow, sleet or even pandemic. That poses a dilemma for Jewish St. Louisans who are hesitant to leave their homes given the risk of …

If the Jewish people had to choose a theme for Rosh Hashanah 5781, it would probably be something like, “Think outside the box.” 

Bill Kaufman is spending much of his time these days managing broadcast services for one venue where people typically sing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” as well as one where “Avinu Malkeinu” is a familiar song.

National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis will hold a virtual program on "Why Is This Holiday Season Different from Any Other?" from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9 via Zoom.

After an extensive search process that moved forward even during the pandemic, Rabbi Avi Okin has joined Nusach Hari B’nai Zion as the congregation’s new assistant rabbi.