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Federation Seeks Nominees for Annual Awards
Goldstein Award recognizes outstanding professional leadership, Grosberg Award recognizes volunteers younger than 40 Jewish Federation of St. Louis is seeking nominations for two annual awards — one honoring professionals working for a Jewish community organization...
The Morton J. and Morton D. May Fund
The St. Louis Jewish Community Study recently received a grant from The Morton J. and Morton D. May Fund. This study of the St. Louis area’s Jewish community to determine its size, geographic distribution, socioeconomic, religious and cultural attributes will help...
How Do 1,000 People Represent Our Community?
With our St. Louis Jewish Community Study in full swing, some of you may wonder how we can estimate characteristics of our whole community by just talking to 1,000 people. This recent article from the New York Times explains how a randomly selected sample can be used...
Participants Selected for The Rubin Israel Experience
Congratulations are extended to the 10 young adults chosen to participate in The Rubin Israel Experience for 2014. The all-expense-paid trip for St. Louisans who have never been to Israel is organized and staffed by Jewish Federation of St. Louis and underwritten by...
St. Louis Jewish Community Study Receives Additional Funding
Excellent cooperation rate reached about one-third of the way into the interviewing The St. Louis Jewish Community Study has received additional funding support from the Lubin-Green Foundation, a supporting foundation of Jewish Federation of St. Louis, and the Morton...
Jewish Federation Hires Deborah Chase as new Vice President of Development
After a national search started in January of this year, Jewish Federation of St. Louis has appointed Debbie Chase to serve as its Vice President of Development. Chase comes to the position with over 20 years of experience in fundraising in the fields of health and...
Exploring Integration
We recently embarked on the start of a formal process exploring the integration of Central Agency for Jewish Education (CAJE) with Federation. I wanted to share additional coverage of this development in this week’s Jewish Light, including an op-ed by me explaining...
Remembering the Past & Moving Forward
Earlier this month we celebrated the liberation of our people from the bondage of slavery. During this period with events that unfolded in Kansas City and continue to unfold in Ukraine, we were reminded that our history is not always past. The story of the...
Federation’s Young Professionals Division Kicks Off “Thirsty Thursdays”
The Thirsty Thursday series, one of the most anticipated event series hosted by the Young Professionals Division of Jewish Federation of St. Louis, is back by popular demand. The free happy hours, which give Jewish adults in their 20s and 30s the chance to meet,...
JPro Stl Announces New Board for Its 10th Anniversary
JProStl has announced the new board for 2014–2015. This year marks the 10th anniversary for JPro, the association for staff who work in Jewish organizations throughout St. Louis. Officers include president Rabbi Levi Landa of Chabad and vice presidents Michelle...