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Nominees Sought for Goldstein Professional Leadership Award
Recognizes outstanding professional leaders in local Jewish community Jewish Federation of St. Louis is seeking nominations for the 2013 Fred A. Goldstein Memorial Service Award, which recognizes outstanding professional leadership. The award has been given annually...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis Opens Disability Survey
Anyone with a disability or who has a child with a disability is encouraged to share opinions on resources in the St. Louis Jewish community Jewish Federation of St. Louis has developed a survey to assess the disability resources in place in the St. Louis Jewish...
CAJE Teacher Xchange
Recently, art teacher Suzanne Burack put together a project for the kindergartners and first and second graders who were studying Jerusalem at Temple Emanuel. Although it was not the first time Burack had come up with such a project, it was the first time she didn’t...
The Circle of Life Slash Israel
What began over a week ago is coming to a close. While we started the trip showing everyone how close Israelis lived to the border with Syria and Lebanon, we are finishing it up by showing them how regardless where in Israel you are, you are very close to Arab...
Building Jewish Identity: Jen Kaslow
When Jen Kaslow was growing up, she felt a little confused and not completely connected to her Jewish roots. “My husband, David’s Jewish identity was an integral part of his life, but as we started raising our kids, I realized part of mine was missing” she says. To...
Milton and Merle Goldstein
The children of Milton and Merle Goldstein wanted to honor their late parents’ memories by bringing together things the couple was passionate about. “Our parents believed so deeply in the power of pluralism and education as a gateway to opportunity,” says Joel K....
Bleary Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose (Or Deal With The 120 Degree Heat)
Waking up at 3:30 am isn't normally as exciting as it was today. But today, in Israel, we not only woke up to 80 degree weather, but we knew we were going to hike Masada. Bleary eyes looked up the Roman Ramp with trepidation, but with an encouraging shout from two...
Guest Blogger: Leigh McDonald
Our journey in Jerusalem wrapped up today as we left our hotel and headed to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial and museum. There we were lead by Mordechai, who shared personal stories from his family's experiences as he led our group around the extremely emotional...
Jerusalem, if I forget you….
Can’t We Just Take Our Rafts All The Way To Jerusalem?
Waking up this morning, we boarded our bus for a very full day. Our first stop, an overlook of the Syrian border provided us with a realistic understanding of the proximity of Israel to its border countries. After a drive past Israeli soliders in training, we saw two...