Andrew Rehfeld is marking his first year as the 10th president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.A Baltimore native, Rehfeld was born at Sinai Hospital, then moved away to Atlantic City and Philadelphia. As a teenager, he returned to...

Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., met with Andrew Rehfeld, president and CEO of Jewish Federation of St. Louis, on Sept. 14 to “discuss policy issues of concern to both him and our community,” Rehfeld wrote on Facebook.The leader of the Jewish nonprofit told...

On July 19, the Israeli Nation-State bill passed as a basic law in Israel. The law establishes constitutional-level protections for the Jewish people and its culture in Israel, defining what it means to be a Jewish State. The Nation-State law is intended...

The 70th Anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel is an ideal time to reflect on the remarkable nature of Israel’s birth and what it means for the Jewish People in the years ahead.   The following essay reflects on the conditions that made...

When an audience member at a Jewish Federation of St. Louis town hall meeting asked what the organization could do to help students in their pro-Israel efforts on college campuses, President and CEO Andrew Rehfeld joked, “I first want to thank you for...

Here is a truism about Andrew Rehfeld: You can take the academic out of the university but you can’t take the academic out of the academic. In other words, there is no such thing as a simple answer with Rehfeld, who has been President and CEO of the...

Andrew Rehfeld, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, did not initially publicly thank the Muslim organization that raised funds to help repair a local Jewish cemetery because he and others had not yet been able to verify that the campaign...

Every election has consequences; few elections produce results as unexpected as those of last Tuesday. Whether you celebrated the outcome or were disappointed by the result, it will take some time to understand what the consequences for our community...

“The Jewish Federation of St. Louis is not a fundraising organization.”When I first made this statement, it struck a lot of people as a strange thing to say.  Yes, the Jewish Federation of St. Louis raises as much as $20 million each year, including...

The Jewish Federation of St. Louis has announced the appointment of Michael Oberlander as its Chief Philanthropy Officer (CPO). As CPO, Oberlander will serve on the senior management team reporting to Andrew Rehfeld, President and CEO of Jewish Federation.According...

Jewish Federation of St. Louis has changed its fundraising approach, most notably by shortening the duration of its Annual Campaign to 100 days from more than 16 months.Leaders of the organization decided to make the change in part because of a decrease...