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Mazel tov! The whole shtetl buzzed with the news. Chanka, the butcherâs daughter, was engaged to Yankel, the carpenterâs son. It was a local match, so the whole town got involved in the wedding preparations. A week before the wedding, Chanka could be found sewing the last few stitches on he…
Hillel at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU Hillel) is once again hosting Kosher for Passover lunches and dinners throughout the holiday. For St. Louis-area students, Hillel will offer free
A year ago, an ambulance hurried Mike Weinhaus from his home in Chesterfield to Missouri Baptist Hospital because he could barely breathe. As he was being wheeled toward the intensive care unit, he remembers stopping in front of the room where his wife, Jane, a preschool teacher at Temple Israel, lay quiet, fighting for her life. She had been placed on a ventilator a few days earlier after testing positive for COVID-19. âAll I could think of was, how am I going to plan for the worst as sick as I am,â said Mike, 64, who also was experiencing severe symptoms having tested positive for...
Close Sophomore Simon Warner studies for AP World History. At the end of the school year, students will take a proctored advanced placement exam in certain subjects, hoping to get college credit for that course. By Ryan Silver Junior, Ladue Horton Watkins High School Feb 25, 2021
This is an adaptation of our weekly Shabbat newsletter, sent by our editor-in-chief on Friday afternoons. Sign up here to get the Forward’s free newsletters delivered to your inbox. And click here for a PDF of stories to savor over Shabbat and Sunday that you can download and print. The president of our synagogue called a few weeks ago to ask what it would take to reopen my little restaurant. Restaurants, of course, have been one of the industries most devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. The National Restaurant Association reported a 24% loss in revenue — more than $200 billion — an...