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Guy Blog – December 13, 2019
Hello everyone! I’d like to share with you all about my week! On Sunday morning I had UH Sunday school which was so much fun! I did a program about Hebrew words related to Hanukkah ! The kids learned the main words about Hanukkah in Hebrew by a memory game! It was a...
Message from Federation & JCRC on New Jersey
As we prepare for another somber Shabbat, the Jewish Federation of St. Louis and the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) wanted to share a few words about the horrific New Jersey kosher supermarket shooting. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the New Jersey...
December Match
As the calendar year comes to a close, so does Federation’s Annual Campaign. But this time, there’s a twist. Karen Sher interviews Federation’s Vice President of Development Julie Gibbs and Director of Campaign Operations Joel Frankel to talk about the December Match, a way to double the impact of your donation to Federation.
Highly experienced and longtime museum executive named to lead Holocaust Museum & Learning Center
Longtime museum executive Sandra Harris has been named as the new Executive Director for the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center (HMLC). Harris, who will start Jan. 13, 2020, comes aboard as the Museum celebrates its 25th year. After 30 years away, Harris returned...
Film explores controversial topic of Holocaust humor
The final 2019 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series screening will take on the controversial topic of "Is the Holocaust funny?” The Last Laugh, directed by Ferne Pearlstein, looks at the taboo topic of humor, delving deep into pop-culture to find...
Celebrate Hanukkah at LollapaJEWza
Can you believe it’s almost the end of 2019? LollapaJEWza is right around the corner. Come celebrate Hanukkah with over 300 over your friends! We will light the menorah, celebrate being Jewish, and reunite with friends! The best Hanukkah Party in town will take place...
Guy Blog – December 6, 2019
Shalom everyone! On Sunday evening I came back from a vacation in Chicago with my host family! I had such a good time. We traveled a lot, ate good food and had sooo much fun!! On Monday I had my 19th birthday!!! It was a PERFECT day! In the morning I went for...
Shaked Blog – December 6, 2019
Shalom everyone! I hope everyone’s Thanksgiving went well! I had a good time this week and enjoyed the Thanksgiving break I had. On Wednesday I had a meetings day with Cynthia and Guy and we worked on an activity Guy and I are doing on Hanukkah for all the ECCs at our...
JProStl to present honors at Annual Luncheon January 30
Ten professionals have been chosen as honorees for the 15th Annual JProStl Recognition Luncheon, which takes place Thursday, January 30, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at the The J's Staenberg Family Complex, 2 Millstone Campus Dr. The theme of the program is “The Drive to...
Shaked Blog – December 3, 2019
On this blog post I will share with you about this current week that I had as well as about the past two weeks (because I did not write how was my week two weeks ago). So two weeks ago I had the North America Shlichim (emissaries) Annual conference! We had a super...