Ellen Futterman

A sampling of letters by Gene Carton (pictured at right) published in the St. Louis Jewish Light between 1990 and 2020

Retired for more than a decade, Richard Lincoff coaches track athletes at Washington University, is an active volunteer and competes in track events.

For years, Jewish matchmaking worked pretty much the same way: a light bulb went off in yenta’s head, somebody’s mother lit a candle, and two unsuspecting single strangers were told they were “a match made in heaven.”

Freelance journalists, understandably, have their systems. We all do.

Six-year-old Jillian Yatkeman studied the chessboard, one hand cupped under her chin while the other readied her queen to kick off an enemy pawn.

When Brad Hartman talks about food, he doesn’t talk about limitations. He talks about possibilities. This is, after all, a chef whose culinary journey has

St. Louis Votes is launching a new effort to boost Jewish voter participation ahead of Missouri’s Aug. 4 primary election, hoping to build on a campaign that organizers say dramatically outperformed overall voter turnout during the last election cycle.

One of St. Louis’ longest-running programs dedicated to bringing together Jewish and Black students to build understanding, leadership and social change is coming to an end. The Board of Directors of LEAD STL announced on July 24 that the nonprofit will conclude operations and formally dissolve after completing its current program year, citing financial challenges...

Richard Tallin pauses when asked what he hopes people think when they see his name on a building.

Top row: Pamela Dern, Deborah Aronson, Dee Dee and Eliot Simon, Howard Berliner, Jenny Abeles Bottom row: John Flotken, Jonathan Spetner, Melissa Pomerantz, Zeena Goldenberg, Susan Rich