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St. Louis NORC Hosts Dancing Under the Stars

The St. Louis Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC), a program coordinated by the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, is inviting adults 65+ to an evening of friendship, music, dancing and refreshments called “Dancing Under the Stars.” The event will take place...

Project 10 and Jewish Social Justice

Last week I attended a small reception with Israeli entrepreneurs outside of Tel Aviv to hear about The Jewish Agency's "Project 10." Project 10 provides individuals who are 22-35 the opportunity to work on social justice projects in five countries around the world...

July 3 – Update from Israel

Over the last week, I have spoken about what makes Israel inspiring and amazing. I am now back in Jerusalem for five days of continuing professional education, as well as further site visits, and you will see more of this to come. When I started this last Sunday, I...

The Kotel and Conversion: A Guide for the Perplexed

Updates: Click to read the Jewish Federation of St. Louis Statement on the Kotel and Conversion issues. Click to read a Statement from the Jewish Agency for Israel. Updated July 4 to explain why this is not a religious one but a political one (responding to...

A Visit to Our Partnership City

Every community in North America has, if it wants it, a partnership community in Israel. St. Louis’s partnership community is really two separate ones closely connected. The first is Yokne’am and the second is Megiddo (technically, it is a region). Partnerships are...