Join Jewish Federation of St. Louis for a meaningful series of conversations on Life in Israel: Two Perspectives.

Part I: Life From Within
Monday, June 8
Join us for a conversation with Dovev Pe’er, expert Israeli tour guide and founder of Walk in Israel tour company, about the beauty and challenges of life in Israel. Dovev is the tour guide for The Rubin Israel Experience, as well as the tour guide for the May, 2015, Missouri Legislators’ Tour.

Part II: Life From The Outside Looking In
Wednesday, June 24
A conversation with Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D., CEO & President of Jewish Federation of St. Louis, Senator Gina Walsh, Minority Caucus Secretary of the Missouri Senate, and Representative Kevin Austin, Committee Member, Economic Development and Business Attraction and Retention. Andrew will speak about the structure of the Israeli political system, and Senator Walsh and Representative Austin will speak about on their impressions and take-aways from their May, 2015, Missouri Legislators’ trip to Israel.

Both events will take place at 7:30 pm at Jewish Federation of St. Louis Kopolow Building. For further information or to RSVP, please contact Barbara Levin at BLevin@cajestl.org or 314-442-3752.

The SH’MA: Listen! Speaker Series is a new initiative of Jewish Federation of St. Louis created to highlight the speakers that local congregations, agencies and organizations are bringing to the St. Louis Jewish community. The Israel edition will feature speakers related to Israel. To take part in this listing, please visit JFedSTL.org/SpeakerSeries. SH’MA: Listen! is made possible through the generous support of the Lubin-Green Foundation, a supporting Foundation of Jewish Federation of St. Louis, and Hank Webber and Chris Jacobs.