Apr 13, 2014 | Miscellaneous
Thursday, 4/17/14 — Jewish Federation of St. Louis is deeply saddened by the shooting at the Kansas City Jewish Community Center and Village Shalom. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of this tragedy. When such events occur, Federation monitors...
Apr 2, 2014 | Miscellaneous
Jewish Federation of St. Louis welcomed St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay to our offices. The focus of our meetings with Mayor Slay was strengthening our regional partnership to engage people in our community. Federation has been working to attract and retain young Jews in...
Apr 2, 2014 | Miscellaneous
Carole Simon remembers when she was young that her father was involved in Federation and was always talking about its importance. In high school, she gathered with other students and walked door to door soliciting assigned homes. After college and getting married,...
Mar 17, 2014 | Miscellaneous
Married for more than 60 years, Gregory and Asia Shur share their life together in a fourth-floor walkup in Simferopol, the Crimean capital of 330,000 people that has been at the center of much of the tension currently gripping Ukraine. Throughout the uncertainty...
Mar 14, 2014 | Miscellaneous
Please see below Leadership Briefing from JFNA (source): As many of you are aware, in recent weeks we have been closely monitoring a developing – and delicate – situation in Israel. Member of Knesset Elazar Stern (from Tzippy Livni’s Hatnua Party), has proposed a bill...
Mar 3, 2014 | Miscellaneous
I share with you below this posting from the Board Chair and the CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA). Our Federation is a member of JFNA and the posting expresses well the value of coordinated support for our community, whether here in St. Louis,...
Feb 19, 2014 | Miscellaneous
A new exhibit opened Sunday, Feb. 9 in our Kopolow Building Atrium. “Standing for Justice II: 1950-1980: Documentation From the St. Louis Jewish Community Archives,” is a collaboration between the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center (HMLC), the Saul Brodsky Jewish...
Feb 18, 2014 | Federation News, Miscellaneous
The St. Louis Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC), a non-sectarian program that supports the healthy aging of adults 65+ in their own homes by providing opportunities for meaningful community involvement and increased access to support services, is...
Feb 17, 2014 | Miscellaneous
AJC National President Stanley Bergman, led a leadership delegation in a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican yesterday. A pioneer in advancing Catholic-Jewish relations over many decades, AJC enjoys close, cooperative relations with the Vatican, as well...
Feb 5, 2014 | Miscellaneous
As you may know, Jewish Federation of St. Louis, in conjunction with our local synagogues and agencies, is embarking on a Jewish community study. The study will determine the number of individuals and households in the greater St. Louis Jewish community and collect...
