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29 Jewish Women’s Organizations will Celebrate CommUNITY: Pieces of Our CommUNITY on February 21
Twenty-nine local Jewish women’s organizations will be featured and celebrated during Women’s Philanthropy’s second CommUNITY event. Be inspired by Ruchi Koval, who will speak on “Finding Your Niche,” enjoy a special performance by Kolot Jewish Women’s choir, taste...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis President & CEO announces Task Force created to re-envision Holocaust Museum
The Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis has established a Task Force to renovate and expand the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center (HMLC). This is a significant point in the future of the 25-year-old Museum as it will re-envision its role in...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis announces interim leadership team during its search for new CEO
An internal team of experienced leaders will guide the day-to-day operations of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis (Federation) until it names a successor for its departing President and CEO Andrew Rehfeld, Board Chairman Gerry Greiman has announced. Rehfeld will be...
Snir Blog – January 24, 2019
NFTY Winter Chavurah! This week, we got to spend the long weekend with the NFTY friends from Shaare Emeth and United Hebrew and another 60 students from Reform Congregations around the Missouri Valley region! It was really fun and exciting to see our Shinshinim...
Lir Blog – January 24, 2019
What an amazing week we had! It started off with NFTY Winter Chavurah 2019, which was so much fun! The convention was in Saint Louis at United Hebrew. Kids came from Denver, Kansas City, and more! I was so glad to see my friends from Colorado. During the convention,...
JF&CS Launches Financial Support during Federal Shutdown
A press release on behalf of Jewish Family & Children's Service Last Friday, while many St. Louisans were buying last minute sidewalk salt or shovels to prepare for the snow storm, thousands of local federal workers living here in St. Louis were coping with an...
Lir Blog – January 18, 2019
WOW! What a cold weekend we had! It was my first time seeing this amount of snow! My host family and I went to the movies, hung out together at home and just had a very chill weekend. But before the snow began, Snir and I made a presentation to people from NORC. We...
Snir Blog – January 18, 2019
Snow! Although it is almost Tu Bishvat, we got snow here and also in Israel! In Jerusalem the snow reached almost 2 inches, that’s nothing compared to here, but it’s something! On Friday, I went sledding with my host family, and we also shoved the snow from the...
Academic scholarships and interest-free loans available for St. Louis area students
Jewish Federation of St. Louis distributes a number of academic scholarships and interest-free loans to St. Louis area students. These scholarships are open to residents of the greater St. Louis metropolitan area, with a preference given to Jewish applicants. The...
Lir Blog – January 13, 2019
Hop on board, we are going to Israel! At the ECC of UH and BA we are starting our Journey to Israel. First stop for the ECC of UH: Mount Hermon, which is the highest mountain In Israel. We “flew” to Israel and from the “airport” we took the bus to the north. We saw...