Casino and hotel magnate Sheldon Adelson reportedly has given a “substantial” new donation to a group supporting Newt Gingrich for the Republican presidential nomination. Adelson gave the donation to Winning Our Future, an independent committee, or...
JERUSALEM -- Taglit-Birthright Israel has contributed over $535 million to Israel's economy since its inception in 2000, the organization said. The contribution to Israel's tourism industry comes from providing transportation, lodging, food, training,...
Registration opens Wednesday, Feb. 15, for St. Louis Hillel at Washington University's summer 2012 Taglit-Birthright Israel: Israel Outdoors trip.At 9 a.m. (CST) registration opens for the trip, and organizers note that spots fill quickly. The trip is...
Miriam Adelson, the wife of casino and hotel magnate Sheldon Adelson, has donated $5 million to a group supporting Newt Gingrich for the Republican presidential nomination. The donation matches one given earlier this month by her husband to Winning Our...
By David Baugher , Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 30, 2011
As Barry Rosenberg nurses a cup of coffee at a local café, the President and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater St. Louis paints a picture of what many once thought was a typical Jewish home. "Most of our institutions were designed to serve what...
By URIEL HEILMAN, JTA, DENVER
• Published November 9, 2011
After a decades-long partnership that saw the Jewish Agency for Israel serve as the official, exclusive Zionist arm of North America's Jewish community federations, the federation system is getting ready to date other partners. But Jewish Agency officials...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 21, 2011
Anna Krayterman recalls well having a meeting with students, administrators and board members at St. Louis University about ways to create better conversations on campus."It was a nice dialogue and it was a great start to talking about issues like Israel,"...
By Allison Kaplan Sommer, JTA
• Published August 3, 2011
KIRYAT SHEMONA, Israel - It's not easy getting American Jewish teenagers to Israel these days.With Birthright Israel offering free trips to 18- to 26-year-olds, parents are wary of shelling out cash for their high school-aged children to visit the Jewish...
