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Special in Israel, Special in Uniform with Lt.Col. (Res.) Tiran Attia

Jewish National Fund Community Reception

Special in Israel, Special in Uniform

Lt. Col. (Res.) Tiran Attia

Director, Special in Uniform

Sunday, March 31, at 3 pm

Hilton St. Louis Frontenac

No cost to attend. Dietary laws observed.

RSVP by March 20 at JNF.org/STL or call 314-635-0400.

Lt. Col. (Res.) Tiran Attia serves as Director of Special in Uniform, an innovative program sponsored by the Jewish National Fund that aims to integrate young people with autism and other disabilities into the IDF and, in turn, into Israeli society. After their service, Special in Uniform helps usher its graduates toward a self-sufficient life, through employment or other meaningful societal involvement, once they are discharged from the army.


Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series is generously funded by the Lubin-Green Foundation, a Supporting Foundation of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis.

The Sh’ma: Listen! Speakers Series promotes engagement with a wide spectrum of ideas as a means to deepen our community’s education and commitment to Jewish life. The views expressed by speakers are their own and not necessarily those of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis or the Center for Jewish Learning.

Chairs
Traci Goldstein & Jenny Wolkowitz

Vice Chairs
Teree Farbstein, Gloria Feldman, Jackie Gerson, Esti Goldman, Mimi Goldman, Karole Green, Annette Heller, Leslie Lewis, Mimi Pultman, Sherri Sadon, Ann Tettlebaum

Sh’ma: Listen! Advisory Committee Chair
Rabbi Jeffrey Stiffman

Staff
Rabbi Tracy Nathan, Senior Educator, Center for Jewish Learning
Cyndee Levy, Director, Center for Jewish Learning

Jewish Federation of St. Louis
Gerald P. Greiman, Board Chair
Andrew Rehfeld, President & CEO

Details

Date:
March 31, 2019
Time:
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

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