Jan 29, 2019 | Federation News, Press Releases
An internal team of experienced leaders will guide the day-to-day operations of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis (Federation) until it names a successor for its departing President and CEO Andrew Rehfeld, Board Chairman Gerry Greiman has announced. Rehfeld will be...
Jan 22, 2019 | Federation News, Press Releases
A press release on behalf of Jewish Family & Children’s Service Last Friday, while many St. Louisans were buying last minute sidewalk salt or shovels to prepare for the snow storm, thousands of local federal workers living here in St. Louis were coping with...
Jan 18, 2019 | Federation News, Press Releases
Jewish Federation of St. Louis distributes a number of academic scholarships and interest-free loans to St. Louis area students. These scholarships are open to residents of the greater St. Louis metropolitan area, with a preference given to Jewish applicants. The...
Jan 9, 2019 | Community Impact, Federation News, Press Releases
The Kranzberg Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, has awarded $69,500 in grants to 15 Jewish programs for children, teens and young adults for 2019. This is the 11th year the Foundation has made these grants, solidifying...
Jan 4, 2019 | Federation News, JProStl, Press Releases
Honorees have been announced for the Annual JProStl Recognition Luncheon, which will take place Thursday, January 31, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at The J’s Staenberg Family Complex. The theme of the program is “The Future is Bright: Highlighting the Work of Our...
Jan 3, 2019 | Community Impact, Federation News, Press Releases
Applications for Anything Grants from the Staenberg Family Foundation are now open and are due by Feb. 14. The Foundation will distribute about $50,000 in grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 to Jewish organizations. Each grant will total one half of the applicant...
Jan 3, 2019 | Federation News, Press Releases, Sh'ma: Listen! Speaker Series
The Center for Jewish Learning will present “Telling It Like It Is: Education and Its Impact in Israel” with Professor Dan Ben-David, founder of the Shoresh Institution for Socioeconomic Research and a senior faculty member at Tel-Aviv University. The January 23 talk...
Dec 18, 2018 | Federation News, Press Releases
Press Release from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, Associate Professor of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis, and a prominent...
Dec 18, 2018 | Federation News, Press Releases
Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, will become the 13th President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in early April 2019. He has been the top professional leader of Federation...
Dec 7, 2018 | Federation News, Israel Center
Day 5: Ramallah and Jerusalem Today we were greeted by chilly weather and constant rain, but in spite of this we carried on with an ambitious agenda. Our first stop was across the check point into the West Bank where our guide, a Palestinian-American journalist...
