Sep 5, 2019 | Federation News, Press Releases, Sh'ma: Listen! Speaker Series
The Jewish Community Relations Council, in collaboration with the Center for Jewish Learning and Congregation B’nai Amoona, will present Israel Updates: Elections, Peace Plan, and What’s Next? An Evening with David Makovsky of The Washington Institute, Director of the...
Aug 23, 2019 | Federation News, Hear for Good Podcast, Women's Philanthropy
Women’s Philanthropy’s L’Chaim event returns September 24. The evening of celebration, community, and giving will feature Edie Lutnick, Co-Founder and President of the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund as the keynote speaker. Hear for Good host Karen Sher interviews Stacy...
Aug 20, 2019 | Federation News, Press Releases
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 | Federation News, Press Releases
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, Federation News, JProStl, Press Releases
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, Federation News, Israel Center, 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, Federation 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, Federation News, Israel Center, 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, Federation 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, Federation 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...
