May 12, 2021 | JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News, JFNA News
A Message from Mark Wilf, Chair of the Board of Trustees, and Eric Fingerhut, President & CEO The Jewish Federations of North America Perhaps we shouldn’t have been surprised, but the outbreak of fighting in Israel still shook us up this week. We had been focused...
Apr 24, 2020 | JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News, JFNA News
From JewishTogether.org Last evening, the House of Representatives approved the newest coronavirus aid package. The bill previously passed the Senate on Tuesday. President Trump is expected to sign the bill later today. The bill includes a $250 billion infusion to the...
Dec 12, 2019 | JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News, JFNA News
As we prepare for another somber Shabbat, the Jewish Federation of St. Louis and the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) wanted to share a few words about the horrific New Jersey kosher supermarket shooting. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the New Jersey...
Sep 13, 2018 | JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News, JFNA News
Jewish Federation of St. Louis is working diligently to help raise funds to support emergency relief for the Jewish and general communities in the Carolinas, Virginia, and other areas devastated by Hurricane Florence. CNN.com reports that the hurricane made landfall...
Dec 8, 2016 | JFNA News, Miscellaneous
Day 4: Rehovot & Jerusalem Today we made our way from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Our trip took us to the origin of Israel’s tech boom, Rehovot. In the 1940s, Rehovot was one of the world’s largest producers of oranges. Over the past 75 years...