Dec 21, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Working on our Hebrew! This week we kept learning new words in Hebrew! At Shaare Emeth Early Childhood Center, we had a full training in Hebrew! We learned how to say run, stand, sit and walk! At Kol Rinah Early Childhood Center, we continued reading about Israel and...
Dec 21, 2018 | Miscellaneous
I can’t believe it is already almost Winter Break! We had a few things this week – On Saturday night at Bnai Amoona (BA) we had a great Undernight for the 5th graders. We had a nice dinner together and afterwards we had an Israel activity! We talked about Israel...
Dec 18, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Today, after over six years of service as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, I have announced my resignation in order to become President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR). I want to share some...
Dec 13, 2018 | Miscellaneous
We had a lot of fun things this week! On Thursday night I was invited to a Hanukkah dinner at the Kress family from United Hebrew. We talked about Israel, Hanukkah, played some games and lit the candles together. It was so nice to meet them and great spending time...
Dec 13, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Hebrew Month! This week I started Hebrew month at the congregations! At Shaare Emeth and Kol Rinah Early Childhood Centers we played games and sang songs as we learned the first 5 letters of the Hebrew Alphabet! (Aleph, Bet, Gimel, Dalet, Hay) א, ב , ג , ד, ה At...
Dec 10, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Above: Outside our hosts’ home in the Old City to light the Chanukah candles. Day 6: Jerusalem We started our last day of the official trip with a visit to Yad Vashem, the world’s leading center of learning on the Holocaust and intolerance. Yad Vashem...
Dec 7, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Happy Hanukkah! This week we had a lot of activities for Hanukkah! At Kol Rinah Early Childhood Center, we made candle headbands and we colored them! And at Sunday School, we had Israel Defense Force (IDF) day! We learned about the different brigades and units, we...
Dec 7, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Happy Hanukkah everyone!! This week at Sunday school at United Hebrew, we learned about a special event that happened 71 years ago – November 29, 1947 – The Partition Plan. It is the date that The United Nations General Assembly approved a plan for the partition...
Dec 6, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Above: Dinner with MK Yoel Hasson (Deputy Speaker of Knesset) Day 4: Nazareth and Jerusalem Today was dedicated to discussions around national security and domestic issues facing Israelis. In the morning we had an opportunity to receive a security briefing from...
Dec 4, 2018 | Miscellaneous
So now that I am back in Saint Louis after a very nice vacation, I am already settling in with my new Host Family House – the Smith Family. The Shinshinim live with different host families for a time period of about 3 months with each during the year that we are here...
