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St. Louis NORC Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Successfully Supporting the Healthy Aging of Seniors in their Homes
St. Louis NORC members enter nursing homes at less than half the rate of the national average The St. Louis Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC) is commemorating its 10th anniversary in 2014, and two big events are planned to celebrate a decade of...
Jewish Federation Invites Young Adults to Participate in National Young Leadership Summer Trip to Israel
Jewish Federation of St. Louis invites area adults aged 22 to 45 years to participate in the 2014 National Young Leadership (NYL) Summer Trip to Israel. The trip, which will take place from June 30 through July 7, is a good way to experience incredible sites, touch...
Federation Helps Bring The Story of the Jews to the Airwaves
Jewish Federation of St. Louis is sponsoring the Nine Network showing of The Story of the Jews, a five-part public television series written and presented by historian and critic Simon Schama. The ground-breaking series, which focuses on the interaction between Jewish...
Purim in Simferopol: Delivering Mischloach Manot and “JDC DNA”
Married for more than 60 years, Gregory and Asia Shur share their life together in a fourth-floor walkup in Simferopol, the Crimean capital of 330,000 people that has been at the center of much of the tension currently gripping Ukraine. Throughout the uncertainty...
Update on Conversion Legislation from JFNA
Please see below Leadership Briefing from JFNA (source): As many of you are aware, in recent weeks we have been closely monitoring a developing – and delicate – situation in Israel. Member of Knesset Elazar Stern (from Tzippy Livni’s Hatnua Party), has proposed a bill...
Jewish Community Study Launches
Data collected will help inform community planning, allocations and programming efforts for Jewish agencies and organizations for the next decade Visit JFedSTL.org/CountMeIn Jewish Federation of St. Louis, in conjunction with local synagogues and other Jewish...
Jewish Professionals Enjoy a Cool Night With the Blues
Jewish Federation of St. Louis held its third and final event of the 2013–14 UMB Event Series for members of its professional societies with a night of fun at a hockey game, “A Cool Night With the Blues,” on March 4 at the Scottrade Center. More than 50 members of the...
Young Couples to Sample Suds at YPD Date Night Event
Young Jewish couples are invited to join the Young Professionals Division (YPD) of Jewish Federation of St. Louis to get their beer fix before Passover at the third event in its Date Night Series. Couples of all types in their 20s and 30s—married, dating, LGBT,...
Women’s Philanthropy Holds “Shower” to Benefit the Community
Women’s Philanthropy of Jewish Federation of St. Louis will hold its sixth annual “Shower Our Community With Love” event on Thursday, April 24 at 7 pm at the Jewish Community Center Arts and Education Building, 2 Millstone Campus Drive. At the shower, Women’s...
Rubin Israel Experience Accepting Applications for No-Cost Israel Trip
Seventh year for the trip for 27- to 45-year-old St. Louisans who have never been to Israel Applications are now open for the seventh Rubin Israel Experience, an all-expense-paid trip for young adults who have never been to Israel. Ten spots are available for...