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…
Jealous of the Birds to Screen at HMLC
The February film in the Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series will be Jealous of the Birds, screening at 1:00 pm on February 26 in the Holocaust Museum’s theater in Jewish Federation of St. Louis’ Kopolow Building, 12 Millstone Campus Drive. This documentary focuses on the emotional history of a small community of…
Creative Entries Sought From Students for Holocaust Art and Writing Contest
Students in grades 6 through 12 can win cash prizes; entries accepted through April 7. The Holocaust Museum and Learning Center (HMLC) is seeking entries for the 2017 Art and Writing Contest. The contest asks creative middle and high school students to express the difficult and inspiring lessons of the Holocaust. This is the 14th…
Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series Welcomes Rabbi Sharon Brous and Rabbi David Ingber
Join Song Leader Boot Camp and the Center for Jewish Learning for a free community event and a panel discussion featuring Rabbi Sharon Brous and Rabbi David Ingber on Monday, February 20, 2017 at 7:30 pm at the Performing Arts Center at the J. The discussion will address the topic of “Why Be Jewish? Praying with…
Exhibit and Lecture Present History of St. Louis Jewish Anti-Tubercular Preventorium
The exhibit, Camp Fee Fee: The St. Louis Jewish Anti-Tubercular Preventorium, will open at the Jewish Federation of St. Louis on February 21, 2017. A special opening program led by Diane Everman will be held at 7:00 pm at the building, located at 12 Millstone Campus Drive. Reception to follow; dietary laws observed. Tuberculosis was…
Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series Welcomes Rabbi Marc Rosenstein
Join the Jewish Federation of St. Louis for the next event in the Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series on Tuesday January 31 at 7:30 pm with Rabbi Marc Rosenstein. Rabbi Marc Rosenstein will be presenting “Toward a Vision of a Jewish State.” What could an ideal Jewish state look like? Rabbi Marc brings unique experience with some impressive initiatives to…
Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series Welcomes Rabbi Elie Kaunfer
Join Jewish Federation of St. Louis for two exciting events with Rabbi Elie Kaunfer as part of the Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series in January 2017. On Wednesday, January 25 at 7:30 pm, Rabbi Elie Kaunfer will be present Beyond Identity and Pluralism: A 21st Century Vision of Jewish Life. With denominational identity in decline and…
St. Louis Public Library Welcomes Josh Aronson
St. Louis Public Library welcomes writer, producer, director and author Josh Aronson to discuss “Orchestra of Exiles: The Story of Bronislaw Huberman, the Israel Philharmonic, and the One Thousand Jews He Saved from Nazi Horrors.” The program will take place Tuesday, January 10 at 7:00 pm at the Central Library- Auditorium located at 1301 Olive…
Jewish Day Schools to Host Israel Rally
WHO: H.F. Epstein Hebrew Academy, Yeshivat Kadimah High School, Block Yeshiva High School, Torah Prep School of St. Louis, Missouri Torah Institute, and Esther Miller Bais Yaakov… WHAT: … are hosting a tehillim rally (prayer, the book of Psalms) to show support for Israel with St. Louis Jewish Day School students, in partnership with Jewish…
Jewish Federation of St. Louis Adds New Beneficiary Agencies
Jewish Federation of St. Louis is excited to announce the addition of two schools to their list of beneficiary agencies. Esther Miller Bais Yaakov High School and Yeshivat Kadimah High School were added as beneficiary agencies of Jewish Federation of St. Louis at a meeting of Jewish Federation of St. Louis Board of Directors in…