Interest: Overseas
Taking Action to Help an Israel Under Attack
A Message from Mark Wilf, Chair of the Board of Trustees, and Eric Fingerhut, President & CEO The Jewish Federations of North America Perhaps we shouldn’t have been surprised, but…
Remarks on the Attacks in Israel from Michael Oberlander
A letter from Michael Oberlander, former Jewish Federation of St. Louis Director of Development Dear Friends in St. Louis, I sit here with the windows wide open on a beautiful…
Shinshinim IL offers teens an opportunity to learn and lead in Israel
Put your leadership skills to the test and represent your community in an exciting five-month journey in Israel. Shinshinim IL is a new and exclusive program designed specifically for American high school…
Hear for Good on the Rocket Attacks Against Israel
As the violence in Israel and Gaza developed this week, our Hear for Good podcast taped a special episode to update our community on developments and Federation’s involvement with organizations providing aid to those affected. Host Karen Sher interviewed Mindee Fredman, who recently returned from a trip to Israel, and on Skype, Michael Oberlander, who was Federation’s Chief Philanthropy Officer and recently moved to Israel.
Informational meetings set for Israel Bound 2020
Jewish Federation of St. Louis is accepting applications for Israel Bound 2020, a three-week trip to Israel bringing together Jewish high school students from the St. Louis community. Participants will…
Hear for Good Travels to Israel
For our 14th episode of our podcast, Hear for Good went to Israel, specifically to our sister cities of Yokneam and Megiddo. Mindee Fredman, Federation’s Vice President of Community Impact, traveled to the region recently and she interviewed two community leaders who are helping run programs Federation invests in there, particularly the Ethiopian Jewish community.
JWRP Trip to Israel Blog
Written by Cindy Liebson It will be almost impossible to describe this trip to Israel, as our tour guide explains on the bus ride to our hotel tonight. We started…
JWRP Trip to Israel: Jerusalem
Written by Lisa Gottlieb Cytron The women of St. Louis and the rest of the 184 Momentum participants hit the ground running and enjoyed a wonderful tour of Old City…
JWRP Trip to Israel Blog: Tel Aviv
Written by Jen Bernstein It is our second day in Israel and the St. Louis contingent is having a wonderful time. We started our day by going to the Bara…
The Interfaith Mission
Alex Sommer and Tommy Taylor participated in Federation’s Interfaith Mission to Israel in May. In this episode of the podcast, they talk with Federation’s Senior Director for Community Engagement Karen…