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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

National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis helped provide school essentials; clothes and other items to 2,000 St. Louis-area children during the organization's annual Back to School! Store on July 19, 2020. College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving provided a distribution hub where volunteers picked up boxes of filled backpacks to deliver to partner agencies in the St. Louis area, which distributed the bags to clients and members.

Pack it up: Back to School! Store is on a different roll this year

BY BILL MOTCHAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHTPublished July 23, 2020

Every summer, hundreds of underserved St. Louis children get much needed school supplies, personal care items and clothing  thanks to the National Council of Jewish Women’s Back to School! Store. This year, in the midst of a pandemic, the event looked...

The J Early Childhood Center

Published January 3, 2020

Addresses:• Staenberg Family Complex 2 Millstone Campus Drive St. Louis, Mo. 63146Phone: 314-442-3224Website: jccstl.org/eccEmail: [email protected] Scholten and Jody Rubin, Co-Directors• Marilyn Fox Building 16801 Baxter Road Chesterfield,...

Jewish, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (JIMES) at Washington University

Published January 3, 2020

Address: Campus Box 1121 1 Brookings Drive St. Louis, Mo. 63130Phone: 314-935-8567website: http://jimes.wustl.eduJewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies (JIMES) is a multi-disciplinary department devoted to the study of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle...

Jeanne Snodgrass

Mizzou Hillel

Published January 3, 2020

Address: 1107 University Ave. Columbia, Mo. 65201Phone: 573-443-7460Email: [email protected]: mizzouhillel.comJeanne Snodgrass, Executive DirectorMizzou Hillel is a place where Jewish students come to meet each other and get involved...

Rabbi Yosef David (left) and Rabbi Shmuel Greenwald (right)

Aish HaTorah

Published January 3, 2020

Address: 457 N. Woods Mill Road Chesterfield, Mo. 63017Phone: 314-862-AISH (2474) • Fax: 314-218-3969Email: [email protected]: aish.com or aishstlouis.netRabbi Yosef David, Executive DirectorRabbi Shmuel Greenwald, Education DirectorNew...

Erin Schreiber

Hillel at Maryville University

Published January 3, 2020

Address: 650 Maryville University Drive St. Louis, Mo. 63141Phone: 314-529-9437Email: [email protected]: MaryvilleHillel.orgErin Schreiber, DirectorHillel at Maryville University provides opportunities for students to learn, lead and grow...

Rabbi Yosef and Shiffy Landa

Chabad of Greater St. Louis

Published January 3, 2020

Address: 8124 Delmar Blvd. St. Louis, Mo. 63130Phone: 314-725-0400Email: [email protected]: ShowMeChabad.comRabbi Yosef and Shiffy Landa, Regional DirectorsChabad of Greater St. Louis is the regional center of the worldwide Chabad movement,...

Rabbi Jordan Gerson (left) and Jackie Levey (right)

Hillel at Washington University in St. Louis

Published January 3, 2020

Address: 6300 Forsyth Blvd. St. Louis, Mo. 63105    Phone: 314-935-9040Website: washuhillel.orgJacqueline Ulin Levey, Executive Director & CEORabbi Jordan Gerson, The Silk Foundation Campus RabbiTony J. Westbrook, Jr., Assistant DirectorWashU...

Rabbi Avi Rubenfeld and Chana’la Rubenfeld

Chabad of Chesterfield

Published January 3, 2020

Address: 1639 Clarkson Road Chesterfield, Mo. 63017Phone: 636-778-4000 or 314-258-3401Email: [email protected]: chabadofchesterfield.comRabbi Avi and Chana’la Rubenfeld, DirectorsChabad of Chesterfield, serving the Chesterfield,...

Rabbi Avraham Lapine

Chabad of MU and Mid-Missouri

Published January 3, 2020

Address: 313 E. Brandon Road Columbia, Mo. 65203Phone: 573-442-5755Website: chabadmizzou.orgEmail: [email protected] Avraham Lapine, DirectorChabad at MU is a warm, non-judgmental, fun, lively and comfortable place where Jewish students can...

H.F. Epstein Hebrew Academy

Published January 3, 2020

Address: 1138 N. Warson Road St. Louis, Mo. 63132Phone: 314-994-7856Website: eha.orgEmail: [email protected] M. Shulman, Head of SchoolItta Boyko, Academic PrincipalThe H.F. Epstein Hebrew Academy is a child-centered Orthodox Jewish community day school,...

Esther Miller Bais Yaakov

Published January 3, 2020

Address: 700 North and South Road St. Louis, Mo. 63130Phone: 314-863-9230 • Fax: 314-593-4037Email: [email protected] Tova Greenblatt, MenahelesRabbi Eli Kamins, Executive DirectorHortense Lewis, General Studies PrincipalEsther Miller Bais...

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