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Rachel Pereles

Rachel Pereles has always been passionate about Federation. “Federation has touched every part of my life—from JCC summer camps to youth groups to going to Israel to Hillel on my college campus, Federation has always been there,” she says. Now Rachel, having recently...

Partnership2Gether

While locals are consumed by post-season baseball fever, another team of Cardinals is finishing up a banner year all the way over in Israel. Because of Jewish Federation of St. Louis’ Partnership2Gether (P2G) program with the Yokneam-Megiddo, some young Israelis have...

Sukkat Shalom!

Our family has a tradition of constructing rather unconventional sukkot each year.  Under my wife's guidance, we put up sheets, or make other provisions to construct what I like to call a "house outside of our home."  Truth be told, it's not really all the family that...

Thank you to the Carl and Fay Simons Fund…

The St. Louis NORC (an agency of Jewish Federation) is fortunate to have been supported periodically by the Carl and Fay Simons Endowment for Senior Services over the past 10 years and 2013 again finds us a beneficiary of their generosity and foresight.  Overseen by...

Orr Shalom Says “Thank You” St. Louis

As part of Federation’s strategic priority to support vulnerable populations, we have been funding the Orr Shalom summer camp program in Israel. The camp serves hundreds of highly at-risk children and teens who are raised out of their homes by court order. Take a look...

Rosh HaShana: Creating the space for others to grow

Rosh HaShana starts this evening celebrating the birthday of the world. Science aside for the moment, the poetry of the holiday inspires questions.  Like this one:  if the world was created out of nothing, what was here before? Our mystical tradition teaches that...