Interest: Arts and Culture
The Rubin Israel Experience – Day 8
Written by Seth Albin Today, we started with another wonderful Israeli breakfast and had our PCR tests in anticipation of coming home. After breakfast, we hopped on the bus and headed to the Max Rayne Hand in Hand School Jerusalem, which was opened in 1998. On the way to the school, we learned about the…
The Rubin Israel Experience – Day 7
Written by Todd Nissenholtz Today was an extremely busy, educational, and relaxing day! We started out at Masada, where we learned the history of the mountain fortress and the attack of the Romans who overtook the Jews, but not before the Jews committed mass suicide in order to avoid their fate of torcher and slavery….
The Rubin Israel Experience – Day 6
Written Jennifer Lederman There is no better way to spend Shabbat than in Jerusalem. After an amazing, breakfast we started our day by walking to meet Rabbi Shimon for a tour of synagogues in the area. Along the way our conversant and very knowledgeable tour guide identified points of interest as we walked to meet…
The Rubin Israel Experience – Day 5
Written by Lea-Rachel Kosnik The morning, began with an early breakfast and checkout from our cabins at Kibbutz Dalia in Yokneam, then it was onto the bus for our drive to Jerusalem! On the way we learned important history from our guide, Yona, aided by his informativeand colorful maps. We stopped midway on our journey…
Applications open for Kranzberg Family Foundation grants
The Kranzberg Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, will be accepting applications for its 2022 funding cycle until Nov. 11. Established through a generous commitment from Ken Kranzberg, the Foundation’s purpose is to provide funds to benefit the Jewish community of St. Louis, specifically focused on the outreach to…
The Rubin Israel Experience – Day 4
Written by Risa Brown Wow! What a day we had today. We started our morning off with a tour of Kibbutz Dalia. Moshe was our amazing tour guide. He has lived on the Kibbutz his whole life. Kibbutz Dalia started in 1939, and he was born in 1941. Next, we went to the Shvilim Center….
The Rubin Israel Experience – Day 3
Written by Risa Brown As sad as we were to leave Tel Aviv, we were excited for our next experience. After another delicious breakfast, we headed to Rabin Square Memorial. Yona shared the history of this monument with us as well as the legacy of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. We headed north along the coast…
JProSTL will present 2 seminars on organizing how you work
JProStl is offering professionals who work in Jewish nonprofits a chance to learn how to be organized at work, at home, and when you work both in the office and from home. Penny Bryant Catterall, Owner and Founder of Order Your Life, will present two sessions of Get Organized – Stay Organized. One will take…
Sababa will be Rescheduled to 2022
Sababa, the Jewish Arts & Culture Festival, originally planned for October 10, 2021, has been tentatively rescheduled for October 16, 2022. Sababa is a joint project of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis and the J. The outdoor festival showcases the vibrancy of contemporary Jewish culture. The festival features local, regional and national visual art…
Lift others this Passover with STL songwriter Eitan Kantor
Welcoming the season of redemption, St. Louis songwriter Eitan Kantor would like to share this new song and fundraiser with you. “Sha’arei Dim’ah” Ve’af al pi shesha’arei tfilah nin’alu, sha’arei dim’ah lo nin’alu נִנְעֲלוּ לֹא דִמְעָה שַׁעֲרֵי, נִנְעֲלוּ תְפִילָּה שֶׁשַּׁעֲרֵי פִּי עַל וְאַף Although the gates of prayer were locked, the gates of tears were…