A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light
A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light
A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light
Categories:

Big night of giving: JFed celebrates $8.7M in impact, honors community leaders

Bill Motchan, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 3, 2025
Danny Cohn, Chief Executive Officer of Jewish Federation of St. Louis

The Jewish Federation of St. Louis celebrated its annual evening of impact on Wednesday, April 2, at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum with more than 100 people in attendance.

Federation reported 2024 community investments of $8.7 million, supporting vibrancy, well-being and safety, Israel engagement, combating antisemitism and infrastructure. During the event, awards were presented and recognized leaders in the Jewish community.

Rabbi Brad Horwitz received the Fred A. Goldstein Award for Professional Leadership. Joel Gotkin and Caroline Goldenberg each received the David N. & Roselin Grosberg Young Leadership Award.

The RubinBrown Corporate Leadership Award was presented to Dafna Revah and David Palatnik representing CBD Kratom. Michael Staenberg received the Council of Life Award.

The J - April 2025
jewish-federation-evening-of-impact-1_54428063991_o
Amy Bornstein, Caroline Goldenberg, Melanie Winograd and Patty Bloom
Print this Story
More to Discover
More in Local news
Covenant Place III Ribbon Cutting with Harvey and Wilma Gerstein.
Gerstein legacy lives on: Covenant Place celebrates milestone and dedicates social hall
Missouri’s ‘mensch on the bench’ honored with lasting tribute to his legacy
Missouri’s ‘mensch on the bench’ honored with lasting tribute to his legacy
Thanks to all of you who attended the first annual Passover Project. It was all the brainchild of my colleague Ellen Futterman, and she rocked it.
St. Louis is getting ready for a rockin’ Passover celebration
Sydney Reynolds
Sydney Reynolds named to prestigious Jewish leadership program
Lana Zucker
Ladue senior honored for big heart and dedication to kids
The documentary ‘Prosecuting Evil’ looks at Ben Ferencz, a war crimes investigator and a prosecutor at the post-WWII Nuremberg trials.
St. Louis law library honors Nuremberg prosecutor who put Nazis on trial
More in Top Story
Margi Lenga Kahn’s recipe for Chraime
How Jewish families across the world celebrate Passover with unique fish dishes
Chicago resident Peter Katz found stickers with Nazi symbolism on his Tesla last month. (Facebook)
A Chicagoan wanted to protest Elon Musk — and put a swastika sticker on a Jewish man’s Tesla
The scarab seal from Tel Azekah. Photo by Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority.
Toddler finds 3,800-year-old amulet on family trip
Ken Dubinsky.
Mizzou athletes score big on coffee & chips—thanks to this Jewish St. Louis entrepreneur
Meet the Jewish St. Louis rock stars chasing their dreams after dark
Meet the Jewish St. Louis rock stars chasing their dreams after dark
A Torah is held up overlooking alongside the shoreline of a lake in Colorado where a bar mitzvah is about to begin.
This former St. Louis rabbi leads bar mitzvahs in hiking boots—and it’s transforming Jewish tradition
About the Contributor
Bill Motchan, writer/photographer
Bill worked in corporate communications for AT&T for 28 years. He is a former columnist for St. Louis Magazine. Bill has been a contributing writer for the Jewish Light since 2015 and is a three-time winner of the Rockower Award for excellence in Jewish Journalism. He also is a staff writer for the travel magazine Show-Me Missouri. Bill grew up in University City. He now lives in Olivette with his wife and cat, Hobbes. He is an avid golfer and a fan of live music. He has attended the New Orleans Jazzfest 10 times and he has seen Jimmy Buffett in concert more t han 30 times between 1985 and 2023.