Oct 11, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, Federation News
Hello everybody! I’d really like to share my week with you! On Sunday morning I came back from a retreat For 6th and 9th graders with UH, I had so much fun in the retreat! At the beginning the kids had some programs about important things which related to the adults...
Oct 11, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, Federation News, Hear for Good Podcast, Israel Center
For our 14th episode of our podcast, Hear for Good went to Israel, specifically to our sister cities of Yokneam and Megiddo. Mindee Fredman, Federation’s Vice President of Community Impact, traveled to the region recently and she interviewed two community leaders who...
Oct 10, 2019 | Federation News, Press Releases
CONTACT INFORMATION: Rebecca Dinar, 305-710-5361 The Jewish Community Marks One Year Since the Pittsburgh Attack — Asks for a “Pause with Pittsburgh”— New York, NY—Almost one year ago, on a quiet Saturday morning, Pittsburgh’s Jewish community suffered the most...
Oct 7, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, Federation News, Hear for Good Podcast
The St. Louis Jewish Book Festival is one of the largest and most respected festivals of its kind in the country. Now in its 41st year, the Festival returns Nov. 3 with famed fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi kicking off the fortnight of nationally known speakers who are...
Oct 4, 2019 | Community Impact, Federation News, Press Releases
The Kranzberg Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, is accepting applications for its 2020 funding cycle from St. Louis area 501(c)(3) organizations and congregations. This year celebrates the 12th funding cycle for the...
Oct 3, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, Federation News, Hear for Good Podcast, Press Releases
To put a spotlight on the issues those in poverty encounter every day, Congregation Temple Israel will host a community action poverty simulation experience in conjunction with National Council of Jewish Women – St. Louis. In this episode, Karen Sher,...
Oct 2, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, Federation News
What a week I had! Full of activities and events, as I love! I had Sunday school at Shaare Emeth, and taught at 4 classes- 2 of 4th graders and 1 of 5th graders in which we learned a bit more about Israel’s geography and we played Jeopardy including the categories of:...
Oct 2, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, Federation News
I’m so glad I had such an amazing week! So what did I do?? On Sunday I had Sunday school at Bnai Amoona. We had such a good time together! I did an activity about the Israeli slang and it went well. The kids learned some new words in Hebrew. On Tuesday I spent all my...
Sep 26, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, Federation News, JProStl, Press Releases
JProStl, the association dedicated to supporting professionals working at Jewish organizations throughout St. Louis, is now accepting nominations for the 15th Annual JProStl Peer Recognition Awards and the 5th Annual JProStl Partnership Award. The theme for the event...
Sep 23, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, Federation News
Hello everyone. My name is Guy, I am from Israel, and I am the new Shinshin at United Hebrew and Bnai Amoona. The decision to become a Shinshin through the Jewish Agency came to me one year ago. The process to get accepted into the program was so long: it took over...
