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St. Louis Jewish Light

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Rabbi Brad Horwitz

JCC Ruth & Harold Sher Center of Jewish Life

Published October 3, 2017

Email: [email protected] | Address: Staenberg Family Complex: 2 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis, Mo. 63146 • Marilyn Fox Building: 16801 Baxter Road, Chesterfield, Mo. 63005 | Phone: Staenberg Family Complex: 314-442-3271 • Marilyn Fox...

Karen Aroesty

Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Heartland

Published October 3, 2017

Phone: 314-627-1330 or 816-471-2028 (from Kansas City) | email: [email protected] | website: heartland.adl.orgKaren Aroesty, Regional Director | Tabari Coleman, Education Director, A World of Difference® InstituteSocial media: Twitter @ADLStLouis...

Lynn Wittels

Jewish Community Center (The J)

Published October 3, 2017

Phone: 314-432-5700 | website: jccstl.org | Lynn Wittels, PresidentAddress Staenberg: Family Complex (SFC): 2 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis, Mo. 63146 | Address: Marilyn Fox Building (FOX): 16801 Baxter Road, Chesterfield, Mo. 63005The Staenberg...

Jean Cavender

Holocaust Museum and Learning Center In Memory of Gloria M. Goldstein

Published October 3, 2017

Address: 12 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis, Mo. 63146 | Phone: 314-432-0020 | email: [email protected] | website: hmlc.orgJean Cavender, Museum Director | Daniel Reich, Curator/Director of Education | Diane Everman, ArchivistThe Holocaust...

Nancy Lisker

American Jewish Committee (AJC) St. Louis

Published October 3, 2017

Address: 7751 Carondelet Ave., Suite 501, St. Louis, Mo. 63105Phone: 314-721-8866 | fax: 314-721-8626 | email: [email protected] | website: ajc.orgNancy Lisker, St. Louis Regional Director | Alana Umansky-Minoff, CoordinatorAJC Mission: To enhance the...

Bikur Cholim Visitors Network

Published October 3, 2017

Phone: 314-724-7444 | Contact: Miriam FloransVolunteers for Bikur Cholim Visitors Network visit sick, elderly and incapacitated individuals in hospitals and nursing homes in the St. Louis area. We are a resource for out-of-towners visiting for medical...

Addison “Addie” Kerner in foreground, third from right, worked with Project Chesed.

Mitzvot from the Heart: Addison “Addie” Kerner

Published September 27, 2017

Addison “Addie” Kerner  | Congregation Shaare EmethAs a b’nai mitzvah student, Addie learned what it means to give back to our larger St. Louis community through a hands-on program called Project Chesed (kindness). Because of her love of gymnastics,...

Adin Bogner

Mitzvot from the Heart: Adin Bogner

Published September 27, 2017

Adin Bogner | Congregation B’nai AmoonaFinding a mitzvah project can be stressful. Knowing he wanted his project to be meaningful and interesting, Adin, son of Michaela and Myles Bogner of Ellisville, chose Remember Us: The Holocaust B’nai Mitzvah...

Leo and Regina Tabachnik

Tabachnik Anniversary

Published September 27, 2017

Leo and Regina Tabachnik celebrated their 50th anniversary on Aug. 12. Their children, Maria Roundtree (Eric), and Nellie Leichliter, grandchildren, Isabelle, Ian, Isaac and Seth, as well as other family members, loved celebrating with them, while overlooking...

Brian Schenberg

Mitzvot from the Heart: Brian Schenberg

Published August 30, 2017

Brian Schenberg| United Hebrew CongregationCamp Emeth has been Brian’s home away from home every summer for the past nine years. One of the programs at camp is visiting the Dolan Memory Care Home in Creve Coeur.The campers would plan weekly activities...

Joyce and Ronald Kornblum

Kornblums celebrate 61st anniversary

Published August 30, 2017

Joyce and Ronald Kornblum of University City are celebrating their 61st anniversary with well wishes from family and friends, just as they celebrated their wedding. Ronald is a retired engineering designer and Joyce is a retired bookkeeper. The couple...

Caleb helped to provide homeless families with sweet treats for his mitzvah project; through the Tzedek Committee of Congregation Shaare Emeth.

Mitzvot from the heart: Caleb Carson

Published August 29, 2017

Caleb Carson | Congregation Shaare EmethThe Tzedek Committee of Congregation Shaare Emeth is dedicated to making the St. Louis community a better place for all. Just as we all want shelter, food and education for ourselves, the Tzedek Committee works...

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