Aug 20, 2019 | JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News
Jewish Federation of St. Louis has announced the award winners to be honored at the 2019 Annual Meeting on Thursday, September 12. The Fred A. Goldstein Award for Professional Leadership and David N. and Roselin Grosberg Young Leadership Awards will be presented,...
Aug 15, 2019 | JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News
Ring ring. Ring ring. Hi, this is Jane. I am calling today as a Super Sunday Volunteer on behalf of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis. Thank you for your past support of our Annual Campaign. Last year you pledged $X, can we count on you for $X this year? The needs of...
Aug 14, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News, JProStl
JProStl has announced a week of interactive workshops for staff who work in the St. Louis Jewish community. The Sharpening Your Skills sessions will cover leadership, presentation skills, time management, writing and editing, and managing the lay-staff relationship....
Aug 6, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, Israel Center, JFed STL News, Women's Philanthropy
Written by Cindy Liebson It will be almost impossible to describe this trip to Israel, as our tour guide explains on the bus ride to our hotel tonight. We started the day with a walking tour of beautiful Tel Aviv- a city that embodies in its name and its character the...
Aug 6, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, JFed STL News, Women's Philanthropy
Written by Lisa Gottlieb Cytron The women of St. Louis and the rest of the 184 Momentum participants hit the ground running and enjoyed a wonderful tour of Old City Jerusalem. The mix of ancient, holy buildings intermingled with pizza parlors, barber shops, and...
Aug 6, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, Israel Center, JFed STL News, Women's Philanthropy
Written by Jen Bernstein It is our second day in Israel and the St. Louis contingent is having a wonderful time. We started our day by going to the Bara Herb factory, where we learned the process of making herbal medicines. Many of us did some damage in their gift...
Jul 19, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, JFed STL News
Good evening everyone. I’m a little bit excited so with your permission, I will read what I wrote to you all. Almost a year ago, I started this journey: one girl, with two suitcases, a great ambition mixed with fear from the unknown and with a great sense of mission....
Jul 19, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, JFed STL News
“אם יוצאים מגיעים למקומות נפלאים” This is the first sentence in the Hebrew version of the book “Oh, the places you’ll go” by Dr. Seuss. It means “If you go on Journeys, You’ll get to wonderful places”. That’s the phrase I had in my mind when we started boarding...
Jul 18, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News, JProStl
The Millstone Institute, a program of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, will sponsor the Annual Presidents’ Circle on Monday, Aug. 19, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. for all board presidents, presidents-elect, clergy, and execs/CEOs throughout the St. Louis Jewish community at...
Jul 17, 2019 | JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News
The CEO Search Committee is deep in the recruitment phase of the search for our next President and CEO. We are currently speaking with sources and prospects, reaching out to nominees, and bringing in applications. The search consultants report excitement from...