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Lir’s Farewell Speech
Good evening everyone. I’m a little bit excited so with your permission, I will read what I wrote to you all. Almost a year ago, I started this journey: one girl, with two suitcases, a great ambition mixed with fear from the unknown and with a great sense of mission....
Snir’s Farewell Speech
“אם יוצאים מגיעים למקומות נפלאים" This is the first sentence in the Hebrew version of the book “Oh, the places you’ll go” by Dr. Seuss. It means “If you go on Journeys, You’ll get to wonderful places”. That’s the phrase I had in my mind when we started boarding on the...
Humans of St. Louis co-founder to speak about ‘The Power of Story’ at Annual Presidents’ Circle
The Millstone Institute, a program of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, will sponsor the Annual Presidents’ Circle on Monday, Aug. 19, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. for all board presidents, presidents-elect, clergy, and execs/CEOs throughout the St. Louis Jewish community at...
CEO Search Update July 12, 2019
The CEO Search Committee is deep in the recruitment phase of the search for our next President and CEO. We are currently speaking with sources and prospects, reaching out to nominees, and bringing in applications. The search consultants report excitement from...
Greg Yawitz nominated for Federation Board Chair, Annual Meeting set for Sept. 12
Jewish Federation of St. Louis’ 2019 Annual Meeting has been set for Sept. 12 at the Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Drive. The Annual Meeting, which begins at 6:45 p.m., includes an Election of Officers, presentation of the David N. and Roselin Grosberg...
The Work of the JDC
When Shaun Goldstone of the JDC came to town recently to connect with members of the Jewish community here, we jumped at the chance to have Shaun on Hear for Good to talk about his work raising the profile of JDC's humanitarian aid and Jewish renewal programming in...
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 Sher about the trip, the challenges of being in interfaith...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis names 3 to new vice president positions
Jewish Federation of St. Louis has announced the promotion of three longtime Jewish community professionals to the newly created positions of Vice Presidents of Community Impact, Development, and Community Engagement. “This is an exciting time for Federation,” said...
Lir Blog – June 12, 2019
OMG! I can’t believe that this is actually the end of this school year. The past couple weeks were WONDERFUL! We had the last programs in the ECC of United Hebrew and Bnai Amoona. The last program in BAUSY and NFTYUH. The last programs in religious school and Sunday...
Snir Blog – June 12, 2019
These last two weeks were our last weeks working at Shaare Emeth and Kol Rinah’s Religious Schools. It was very exciting but also very sad. I want to thank everyone at each of these amazing congregations for making this experience unforgettable! It was the best year I...