Phoenix to Screen at HMLC
The next film in the Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series will be Phoenix, screening at 1:00 pm on June 25, 2017, in the Holocaust Museum’s theatre in the Jewish Federation Kopolow Building (12 Millstone Campus Drive). A brilliant performance by Nina Hoss and stunning cinematography mark this complex film about a woman…
Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series Presents Vilna Remembered
Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series presents “Vilna Remembered: Celebrate the City of Vilna with Musician Will Sol” on Wednesday, May 17 at 7:00 pm. Vilna – known as “Jerusalem of Lithuania” – was an outstanding center of Jewish learning and culture before it was decimated by the Nazi plague during World War II. Will Sol plays…
24 Teens Win in 15th Annual Holocaust Museum Art & Writing Contest
More than $3,000 in cash awarded to winners chosen from nearly 850 middle and senior high school student entries. More than $3,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to 24 winners of the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center’s 15th annual Art and Writing Contest at an awards ceremony Monday, May 15, at 7:00 pm, in…
Jewish Federation Offers Interfaith Couples Mission to Israel
Jewish Federation of St. Louis is excited to offer a special opportunity for Jewish community members and their spouses or partners who identify as an interfaith couple to experience Israel. This unique trip is designed to engage couples with Israel and understand the importance of the land, culture, people and economy from the perspective of…
Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series Presents Zeev Ben-Shachar on April 30 in Partnership with the Jewish Student Union, Center for Jewish Learning and Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library
Jewish Student Union (JSU), Center for Jewish Learning and the Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library present two programs with Zeev Ben-Shachar on Sunday, April 30, 2017 in partnership with Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series. The first, Jerusalem – United for 50 Years?, will take place at the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center at 10:00 am. The…
Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series Shares Important Events on April 26 and 27
Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School, in partnership with Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series, presents Same Difference: Understanding Jewish Identity. Same Difference is a celebration of our Jewish identities – our mosaic of perspectives, ritual practices, cultures and beliefs. It is an opportunity to engage across differences and to appreciate that we are bound together by a…
Three Short Films to Screen at HMLC on April 30
The April film program in the Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series will be a combination of three short films, screening at 1:00 pm on April 30 in the Holocaust Museum’s theatre in Jewish Federation of St. Louis’ Kopolow Building, 12 Millstone Campus Drive. Toyland (Spielzeugland) Directed by Jochen Alexander Fredank Germany, 2008,…
HMLC and Aish St. Louis Presents the Annual Rubin Feldman Memorial Lecture “Cartoonists Against the Holocaust”
“Cartoonists Against the Holocaust” will be the topic of the Annual Rubin Feldman Memorial Lecture on Monday, May 8 at 7:00 pm at the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center. Some were Pulitzer Prize-winning muckrakers. Some were the targets of racist mobs. And some were Jewish refugees whose parents were trapped in Hitler Europe. Come hear Dr. Rafael…
PJ Library and Brodsky Library Collaborate to Create The Story Quest
Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library and PJ Library are working together to develop a Jewish Story Festival for the community, launching in May, intersecting with the St. Louis Storytelling Festival. This first event on May 4, 2017 will then kick-off a yearlong series of “story walks” through the St. Louis Jewish community utilizing various modalities of…
ADL Presents “We Need Each Other Now More Than Ever: A community conversation with Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and National Director of the Anti-Defamation League”
Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series and the ADL are proud to present “We Need Each Other Now More Than Ever: A community conversation with Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and National Director of the Anti-Defamation League.” The program will be moderated by Robert Cohn, St. Louis Jewish Light, at the Jewish Community Center Staenberg Family Complex Arts and…