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Blog from Israel Trip – February 28, 2020
Day 5 Written by Shira Berkowitz We continued to delve into the experience of shared society in Israel by visiting with nonprofits each that address the unique historical multifaceted infrastructure issues that leave its societal islands separate. The Interagency...
Blog from Israel Trip – February 27, 2020
Day 4 Written by Sherri Frank Weintrop and Shira Berkowitz We made it to Jerusalem! The morning started as all mornings start in Israel with an amazing Israeli breakfast. Our first meeting was with the Shalom Hartman Institute an Israeli think tank that we support. We...
Collaborative Community Scholar-in-Residence Experience to feature teacher Noam Zion
The Center for Jewish Learning, Central Reform Congregation, and Shaare Emeth will present a Collaborative Community Scholar-in-Residence Experience March 12-15 featuring Master Scholar and Teacher Noam Zion. Zion is a senior research fellow at the Shalom Hartman...
JProStl offers orientation for new-ish staff working in Jewish organizations
The Annual JProStl New Staff Orientation will take place on Tuesday, March 24, from 8:30 am to 1 pm at the Kaplan Feldman Complex, followed by an optional private tour of the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center. The program is open to all staff who work in Jewish...
Blog from Israel Trip – February 25, 2020
Written by Sue Matloff Day 3 We started the day meeting with Telem, a one-year, post-army training program for Ethiopians. Telem is not a program in which the Federation currently invests. The program empowers them to create a good productive life and help...
Blog from Israel Trip – February 23, 2020
Written by Burt Garland Our trip got off to a great – and, of course, jam-packed – start. After a hearty and delicious breakfast (complete with Shakshuka) at the Tal By The Beach in Tel Aviv, we took a short drive to Beit Hatfutshot – The Museum of the Jewish People....
Shaked Blog – February 12, 2020
Hi everyone, My past weekend was pretty chill. On Friday I met Guy at the federation and we worked on our presentation for this Friday, about my Kibbutz and his Moshav. After that we met Cynthia for lunch. After the lunch I went to Shaare Emeth to organize stuff for...
Guy Blog – February 19, 2020
Hello everyone! I’d like to share with you all about my week. On Sunday I had Sunday school at both of my congregation - UH & BA. At BA I had a great activity about Israeli slang, the kids really liked it, they learned some new words and made some art. At UH I...
Guy Blog – February 12, 2020
Hello everyone! I’d like to share with you all about my week. On Sunday morning I had Sunday school at UH. It was really fun. I did a program about colors in Hebrew by a nice story and a nice game, the kids really liked it. In addition to that we had a falafel program...
Renowned Klezmer musician and Jewish music scholar plans St. Louis concert, lecture and music jam
A special series of events focusing on the revival of Eastern European Jewish music is coming to St. Louis in March. First, on Sunday, March 29, Hankus Netsky, Founder and Director of the Klezmer Conservatory Band and Music Director for Itzhak Perlman's Jewish music...