Kehilla means community, and our Kehilla Calendar is your hub for Jewish life, from Jewish holiday celebrations and speaker series to family programs. The Kehilla calendar features events hosted or sponsored by the Federation’s local Jewish community partners. It’s the best way to stay connected.
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Selichot with Knives Program | 7 p.m. Selichot Service | 9 p.m. Ready for a different way to engage with the High Holidays? Join United Hebrew and Paper Midrash—our weekend artists-in-residence—for a hands-on paper cutting workshop for Selichot. You'll cut collage, using stories from comic books, to make your own […]
Judaism has its own "ABCs" — teachings to guide your life. On the second Tuesday of each month, join Rabbi Ze’ev Smason, author of the book Spiritual Sparks: A Reader, at the Mirowitz Center for an engaging and inspiring discussion about a Jewish-themed subject. Everybody is welcome! LOCATION: Mirowitz Center […]
Hearing the blowing of the shofar — an ancient ram’s horn used in Jewish tradition — is one of the central mitzvot (commandments) of Rosh Hashanah. Come to the Mirowitz Center and join Betsy and Ron Cytron and Debbie Sher as they lead festive songs, share the stirring sound of […]
Literally meaning “Head of the Year,” Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the Jewish calendar. It begins a 10-day period of repentance and prayer which ends on Yom Kippur. We celebrate the holiday with services and apples dipped in honey to symbolize the hope for a sweet year to come.
The Day of Atonement is the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, marking the end of the 10 days of repentance. It is spent in fasting and fervent prayer. Sounding the shofar signals the holiday’s end.
This harvest festival is named for the temporary dwellings, called Sukkot, decorated with fruit and vegetables, set up to recall the booths in which the Jews lived during their journey from Egypt. The holiday is marked by processions with the lulav (palm branch with myrtle and willow) and etrog (citron).
Join us for a short Sukkot Shabbat service led by Rabbi Shook and followed by a special dessert Oneg in the Temple Israel Sukkah where you’ll have the chance to shake the Lulav and Etrog. Registration is required for in-person attendance. RSVP at https://www.ti-stl.org/Sukkot
Looking for a meaningful way to celebrate Sukkot? Leora Balinsky, chaplain at Jewish Family Services St. Louis, leads this cozy Mirowitz Center program under the Jewish Federation’s sukkah on the Millstone Campus. She will explore how Sukkot’s timeless messages continue to resonate today, while discussing spiritual themes, rituals and symbolism. […]
The day after Sukkot is Shemini Atzeret, which is combined in Israel with Simchat Torah, nominally a separate holiday; thus, there is no partaking of meals in the sukkah, nor use of the lulav and etrog. The special prayer for rain is recited during the musaf service.
Outside of Israel, the day after Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah marks the end of the annual Torah reading and the beginning of the cycle for the coming year. It is celebrated with singing, dancing, and merry processions of people carrying Torahs and children waving flags.
Don’t miss this festive family-friendly service in the Gall Family Sanctuary where we will unroll the entire Torah! The Rabbis will help us read the ending and beginning lines of the Torah as we conclude it and start anew. We will also be giving a special blessing to our new […]
Join Bais Abe following Shabbat morning services for lunch and Sol Laudon presenting "Far East of Eden: Jews in China and Chinese Jews." This historical outline of the Jewish experience in China from the 10th century on, will set the scene for our Sunday Coffee Get Together with Charles Klotzer, […]