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Lir Blog – January 3, 2019
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I cannot believe that it is 2019! That’s crazy. I hope your winter break was good, relaxing and enjoyable. On winter break I flew to see my Shinshinim friends in Colorado. We had so much fun together! We toured around Denver, volunteered in one of the...
JProStl Annual Luncheon, Awards Coming January 31
Honorees have been announced for the Annual JProStl Recognition Luncheon, which will take place Thursday, January 31, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at The J’s Staenberg Family Complex. The theme of the program is “The Future is Bright: Highlighting the Work of Our...
Grants available to Jewish organizations for ‘Anything’
Applications for Anything Grants from the Staenberg Family Foundation are now open and are due by Feb. 14. The Foundation will distribute about $50,000 in grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 to Jewish organizations. Each grant will total one half of the applicant...
Prof. Dan Ben-David will discuss misconceptions about education in Israel
The Center for Jewish Learning will present “Telling It Like It Is: Education and Its Impact in Israel” with Professor Dan Ben-David, founder of the Shoresh Institution for Socioeconomic Research and a senior faculty member at Tel-Aviv University. The January 23 talk...
Snir Blog – December 20, 2018
Working on our Hebrew! This week we kept learning new words in Hebrew! At Shaare Emeth Early Childhood Center, we had a full training in Hebrew! We learned how to say run, stand, sit and walk! At Kol Rinah Early Childhood Center, we continued reading about Israel and...
Lir Blog – December 20, 2018
I can’t believe it is already almost Winter Break! We had a few things this week - On Saturday night at Bnai Amoona (BA) we had a great Undernight for the 5th graders. We had a nice dinner together and afterwards we had an Israel activity! We talked about Israel as a...
Personal statement on the move from CEO of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis to the Presidency of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Today, after over six years of service as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, I have announced my resignation in order to become President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR). I want to share some...
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Statement on Election of Andrew Rehfeld as 13th President
Official press release from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Dr. Andrew Rehfeld, President and CEO of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, Named President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, will become the 13th President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in early April 2019. He has been the top professional leader of Federation...
Lir Blog – December 13, 2018
We had a lot of fun things this week! On Thursday night I was invited to a Hanukkah dinner at the Kress family from United Hebrew. We talked about Israel, Hanukkah, played some games and lit the candles together. It was so nice to meet them and great spending time...