There are tons of articles describing how omnipresent Christmas festivities can cause or exacerbate depression among Christians. But the phenomenon, known as the holiday blues, also affects Jews.It’s irrelevant that Christmas — the centerpiece of...
On Christmas Day, the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis and the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis (JCRC) through its Milford and Lee Bohm Social Justice Center will host the sixth annual St. Louis area-wide “Jewish and Muslim Day...
The Jewish Community Relations Council and the Jewish Federation of St. Louis’ Millstone Institute invite members of the Jewish community to participate in “Leading for Social Change: Washington D.C. Mission,” from Sunday, April 30 to Tuesday, May...
By Jessica Farber Igielnik and Malissa Shaw
• Published October 26, 2016
In March of 1965, thousands of protesters marched from Selma, Alabama to the capitol in Montgomery to fight for full voting rights and participation in the democratic process. Our country was in the midst of political, moral, and ethical turmoil. Dr....
The Robert P. Jacobs Jewish Fund for Human Needs (JFHN) allocates grants to non-Jewish grassroots social service organizations in the St. Louis region that respond to the most basic of human needs, such as providing medicine for the uninsured, food for...
In an effort to educate members of the Jewish community about Amendment 6, a statewide ballot initiative that would amend the Missouri Constitution to require certain restrictive forms of photo identification in order to vote, the Jewish Community Relations...
The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) and its Bohm Social Justice Initiative will sponsoring an outerwear drive from Nov. 1 to Dec. 9, benefiting refugees recently relocated to the St. Louis area. Items collected will be donated to the International...
An association of hundreds of predominantly African-American churches in Missouri condemned the recent platform of the Black Lives Matter movement labeling Israel an “apartheid state” and accusing it of genocide.In a statement published Sunday in...
The Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis recently passed a resolution advocating for an increase in the minimum wage. JCRC is the public policy arm of the organized Jewish community in the region, which frequently takes positions on issues...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published August 11, 2016
Tasha Kaminsky has donated to both Jewish Federation of St. Louis and to Millennial Activists United, an organization that, among other things, provides legal assistance to people who were arrested during protests in response to the Ferguson police shooting...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published July 13, 2016
As this book review is being written, both of the presumptive major party presidential nominees—Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump — are reportedly vetting a number of candidates to be their running mates. Once again, Joel K. Goldstein...
Eleven area agencies in the greater St. Louis community devoted to helping those in need have received $22,500 in grant funding from the Rabbi Robert P. Jacobs Jewish Fund for Human Needs (JFHN). The Jewish Fund, a joint program of the Jewish Community...
