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Shabbat Shalom,  We enter Shabbat heartbroken and outraged. This week, a peaceful demonstration in Boulder, Colorado—held in support of the hostages still held by Hamas—was violently disrupted by a terror attack. The pain and fear reverberating through our community...

Dear Friends, As we prepare to welcome Shabbat, we come to the end of a challenging week for our St. Louis community and our global Jewish family. Our thoughts continue to be with those impacted by last week’s tornado and storms. The Jewish Federation of St. Louis is...

Shabbat Shalom, Jewish St. Louis, As we prepare to enter this Shabbat, I want to take a moment to wish each of you peace, rest and meaningful connection with loved ones. This weekend, we also look ahead to Mother’s Day—a time to honor the extraordinary women in our...

Dear Friends,  Shabbat Shalom! I hope you all had a meaningful Passover; I spent it with Andrew and Nora in Birmingham and we cannot wait to celebrate chaggim with you all in the coming months and years.  This coming week, we now enter a sacred stretch of our Jewish...

Dear Friends, As we gather tomorrow around our seder tables for Passover, we join in a tradition that has endured for over three thousand years—a tradition that reminds us not only of the bitterness of slavery, but also of the sweet and enduring miracle of our...

Shabbat Shalom and Shalom u’veracha, – Peace and blessings to all of you. As I end my second week as the new President & CEO of our Federation it is with great joy that I send you my first Shabbat message. I have arrived to St. Louis and the Federation with a deep...