Sep 23, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, Federation News
How do you measure a year? In seconds? Months? Maybe moments and memories? And how do you measure 3 years? I measured my last 3 years by anticipation. The anticipation to make a dream come true. To be a shinshinit outside of Israel. To live and act in a Jewish...
Sep 23, 2019 | Federation News, Press Releases, Women's Philanthropy
Women’s Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis has elected its Executive Committee and Board for the 2019-2021 term, which began on Sept. 12. Amy Bender-Levy will be the new Chair of Women’s Philanthropy, working with Laura Fields (Vice Chair, Education),...
Sep 19, 2019 | Federation News, Press Releases
Art as inspiration may provide a path for creative and critical thinking as well as ignite the senses. As beautiful as the renovated Kaplan Feldman Complex is, new works of art have been added, thanks to the generosity of Michael Staenberg, to the interior and...
Sep 18, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, Federation News, Millstone Institute, Press Releases
Jewish Federation of St. Louis has announced the 2019-2020 class of Millstone Fellows, the Millstone Institute’s premier program for emerging and established leaders in the St. Louis Jewish community. This select eight-month leadership program creates conditions that...
Sep 10, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, Federation News, Hear for Good Podcast, YPD
On this week’s Hear for Good podcast, Becca Near, Federation’s Coordinator for Young Adult Engagement, and Evan Glantz, Board Chair of YPD, talk with host Karen Sher, Federation’s Vice President, Community Engagement, about the recent relaunch of YPD and what it means...
Sep 9, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, Federation News, Press Releases
Eighty years ago, in early June of 1939, the St. Louis, a passenger ship carrying 937 people – almost all of them Jews fleeing Nazi Germany – was denied entry into both Cuba and the United States. With no refuge in sight, the St. Louis was forced to sail back to...
Sep 5, 2019 | Community Leadership & Engagement, Federation News, Press Releases
The Center for Jewish Learning (CJL) invites everyone to discover the richness of Jewish learning through our 2019-2020 Adult Education courses. CJL, a division of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, offers a wide selection of courses for adults with varied interests...
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,...
