Interest: Israel

Pluralism in Israel

Many in our community have been concerned by the recent tensions surrounding equality of access to the Western Wall for women. Indeed many of the confrontations have been ugly. JFNA…

Mission Tradition

Federation has had a long tradition of organizing missions to Israel that bring our community together and contribute to the Jewish depth of all who participate. Most, perhaps all of…

Understanding Israel

Israel was much greener and developed than Missouri Representative Rick Stream expected. “From news reports and other information, I tended to think of it as dry and barren, but it’s…

CAJE Teacher Xchange

Recently, art teacher Suzanne Burack put together a project for the kindergartners and first and second graders who were studying Jerusalem at Temple Emanuel. Although it was not the first…

Running in Israel

When I was a Professor at Wash U, our family lived for two years in a small apartment in a dorm on campus. During that time I met Marc Hendel, an…