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Michael Vines is the author of "Harry Gets Wise," a novel inspired by his grandfather's coming to St. Louis. In a photo taken around 1959, Vines (second from left) is next to his cousin, Roger. His grandmother and grandfather and his brother, Lenny (right), are all pictured at the Harry Beckerman home on Warne Avenue in north St. Louis on Passover.

Culture & History

Inspired by his grandfather, Michael Vines details a Jewish immigrant’s story in St. Louis

Alex Heuer

St. Louis native and author Michael Vines’ new book "Harry Gets Wise" is deeply rooted in St. Louis.

Over 1,100 athletes competed in the 2018 St. Louis Senior Games, which included sports ranging from water volleyball to track and field.

Health, Science & Environment

‘People are actually cheering for their competitors’: Senior Olympics fosters camaraderie

Shahla Farzan

In St. Louis, you’re never too old to become an Olympic athlete.This weekend, hundreds of people from across the region have come together to compete in…

Former St. Louisan Lynn Cohen plays Grandma in the film "The Pickle Recipe."

Arts

Jewish Film Festival brings drama, documentary — and a familiar face

Nancy Fowler

The St. Louis Jewish Film Festival is celebrating 22 years of cinema that explores historical and modern-day Jewish themes.One of the 16 movies in this…

Government, Politics & Issues

St. Louis Jewish Community Center receives another bomb threat

Rachel Lippmann

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating another bomb threat, this one made Tuesday, against the St. Louis Jewish Community Center. It's the…

Juan Thompson portrait from The Intercept

Government, Politics & Issues

St. Louis man charged in Jewish bomb threats to remain behind bars until trial

Rachel Lippmann

A St. Louis man charged with making bomb threats against several Jewish institutions will remain behind bars until his trial.Juan M. Thompson, 32, is too…

Sophie Malik, Roberta Gutwein and Anna Crosslin joined St. Louis on the Air to discuss the sixth annual Jewish and Muslim Christmas Day of Community Service.

Arts

In its sixth year, Jewish and Muslim Christmas Day of Community Service turns to aid of immigrants

Kelly Moffitt

Each year for the past six years, people of Jewish and Muslim faiths have joined together on Christmas for a day of community service. Last year, more…

Miryam Tauber and Eli Tauber prepare Sephardic eggs in preparation for Miryam's cooking class on Aug. 19, 2016. The eggs are boiled at a low temperature for hours with onion skins.

Arts

St. Louis talks highlight positive Islamic and Jewish relationships in Bosnia

A Bosnian historian is in St. Louis through Monday to share stories about Jewish and Muslim people living side by side in Sarajevo for…

Trees surrounding the outside of the Central Reform Congregation in St. Louis.

Arts

St. Louis Jewish institutions receive security grants

Six Jewish institutions in the St. Louis area are receiving a total of $370,000 from the Department of Homeland Security to help protect them against…

The Conservative movement's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards recently decided that abstaining from legumes during Passover is more of a long-standing tradition and not a rule.

Arts

Beans, rice and legumes now may sprout on more Passover tables, after Conservative ruling

Barbara Shamir’s Passover table may get one new addition this year, to accompany the tender brisket, rich potato kugel, gefilte fish with a horseradish…

Cantor Howard Shalowitz and Rabbi Yosef Landa lead a burial service for an unknown Holocaust victim on Sunday, April 3, 2016 at Chevra Kadisha Cemetery in St. Louis County.

Arts

70 years after WWII, Holocaust victim finds final resting place in St. Louis

A victim of the Holocaust has found a final resting place at a Jewish cemetery in St. Louis more than 70 years after World War II.On Sunday members of the…