Jun 18, 2013 | JFed STL News, Miscellaneous, YPD
Jessica Berg started her involvement with philanthropy in high school, participating in charity runs, canned food drives and other activities at Parkway Central High. Then she got more involved during college at University of Missouri–Columbia, within the college and...
Jun 18, 2013 | Miscellaneous
Israel was much greener and developed than Missouri Representative Rick Stream expected. “From news reports and other information, I tended to think of it as dry and barren, but it’s not,” says the chair of the Missouri House Budget Committee. “The Israelis are an...
Jun 5, 2013 | Miscellaneous
What began over a week ago is coming to a close. While we started the trip showing everyone how close Israelis lived to the border with Syria and Lebanon, we are finishing it up by showing them how regardless where in Israel you are, you are very close to Arab...
Jun 4, 2013 | Israel Center, JFed STL News, Miscellaneous
When Jen Kaslow was growing up, she felt a little confused and not completely connected to her Jewish roots. “My husband, David’s Jewish identity was an integral part of his life, but as we started raising our kids, I realized part of mine was missing” she says. To...
Jun 4, 2013 | Miscellaneous
The children of Milton and Merle Goldstein wanted to honor their late parents’ memories by bringing together things the couple was passionate about. “Our parents believed so deeply in the power of pluralism and education as a gateway to opportunity,” says Joel K....
Jun 4, 2013 | Miscellaneous
Waking up at 3:30 am isn’t normally as exciting as it was today. But today, in Israel, we not only woke up to 80 degree weather, but we knew we were going to hike Masada. Bleary eyes looked up the Roman Ramp with trepidation, but with an encouraging shout from...
Jun 2, 2013 | Miscellaneous
Our journey in Jerusalem wrapped up today as we left our hotel and headed to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial and museum. There we were lead by Mordechai, who shared personal stories from his family’s experiences as he led our group around the extremely...
May 30, 2013 | Miscellaneous
Waking up this morning, we boarded our bus for a very full day. Our first stop, an overlook of the Syrian border provided us with a realistic understanding of the proximity of Israel to its border countries. After a drive past Israeli soliders in training, we saw two...
May 29, 2013 | Miscellaneous
After a night of much needed rest at our hotel on the banks of the Kinneret, we got up bright and early to go to Tzfat to learn about Kabbalah and the generations of students who have studied there. Our first introduction to the mystical side of Judaism was through...
