Feb 27, 2020 | Federation News, Press Releases
Day 4 Written by Sherri Frank Weintrop and Shira Berkowitz We made it to Jerusalem! The morning started as all mornings start in Israel with an amazing Israeli breakfast. Our first meeting was with the Shalom Hartman Institute an Israeli think tank that we support. We...
Feb 27, 2020 | Community Leadership & Engagement, Federation News, Press Releases, Sh'ma: Listen! Speaker Series
The Center for Jewish Learning, Central Reform Congregation, and Shaare Emeth will present a Collaborative Community Scholar-in-Residence Experience March 12-15 featuring Master Scholar and Teacher Noam Zion. Zion is a senior research fellow at the Shalom Hartman...
Feb 27, 2020 | Community Leadership & Engagement, Federation News, JProStl, Press Releases
The Annual JProStl New Staff Orientation will take place on Tuesday, March 24, from 8:30 am to 1 pm at the Kaplan Feldman Complex, followed by an optional private tour of the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center. The program is open to all staff who work in Jewish...
Feb 26, 2020 | Federation News, Press Releases
Written by Sue Matloff Day 3 We started the day meeting with Telem, a one-year, post-army training program for Ethiopians. Telem is not a program in which the Federation currently invests. The program empowers them to create a good productive life and help...
Feb 24, 2020 | Federation News, Press Releases
Written by Burt Garland Our trip got off to a great – and, of course, jam-packed – start. After a hearty and delicious breakfast (complete with Shakshuka) at the Tal By The Beach in Tel Aviv, we took a short drive to Beit Hatfutshot – The Museum of the Jewish People....
Feb 11, 2020 | Community Leadership & Engagement, Federation News, Press Releases
A special series of events focusing on the revival of Eastern European Jewish music is coming to St. Louis in March. First, on Sunday, March 29, Hankus Netsky, Founder and Director of the Klezmer Conservatory Band and Music Director for Itzhak Perlman’s Jewish...
Feb 7, 2020 | Federation News, JProStl, Press Releases
The Annual JProStl New Staff Orientation will take place on Tuesday, March 24, from 8:30 am to 1 pm at the Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr., followed by an optional private tour of the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center. The program is open to all...
Feb 3, 2020 | Community Leadership & Engagement, Federation News, Press Releases, Sh'ma: Listen! Speaker Series
The John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics and the Center for Jewish Learning will present the Boniuk-Tanzman Memorial Lecture on Jewish Medical Ethics on Feb. 20. Dr. Daniel Eisenberg will discuss “Designer Babies and Choosing Disabilities: Ethical...
Jan 30, 2020 | Community Impact, Federation News, Press Releases
The Women’s Auxiliary Foundation for Jewish Aged, a supporting foundation of Jewish Federation of St. Louis, is now accepting applications for its 2020 funding cycle from St. Louis area 501(c)(3) organizations. Established in 2014 through a generous commitment from...
Jan 27, 2020 | Community Impact, Federation News, Press Releases
The Kranzberg Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, has awarded $70,000 in grants to 16 Jewish programs for children, teens, and young adults for 2020. The Foundation received over $200,000 in requests for this cycle. This...
