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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

Temple Israel’s Interfaith Shabbat will honor the late Harry Offenbach, who would have turned 100 this month.  Jewish Light file photo 

Interfaith Shabbat at TI to honor the late Harry Offenbach

BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief EmeritusPublished June 8, 2016

The life and legacy of the late Harry M. Offenbach, longtime chancellor of the Jewish Chautauqua Society and a past president of the Jewish Community Relations Council, will be recognized at an Interfaith Shabbat service, in addition to the weekly Shabbat...

JCRC to honor head of Urban League

Published May 18, 2016

During its upcoming annual meeting, the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis will present the Norman A. Stack Community Relations Award to Michael Patrick McMillan, President and CEO of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis. JCRC’s...

Event looks at balancing ‘commitment and critique’ regarding Israel

Published March 10, 2016

Can we critique Israel while remaining committed to Israel? How do we talk politics when we talk about Israel without reducing Israel to politics?A program will address these questions and more during “Commitment and Critique — Can We Do It? Talking...

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Batya Abramson-Goldstein retirement party

Published January 14, 2016

After 26 years with the St. Louis Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), and the last 12 years serving as Executive Director, Batya Abramson-Goldstein retired, Oct. 31. Members of the Jewish and interfaith communities recognized Batya for her years...

Webster University president to receive JCRC award

Published January 16, 2013

The Jewish Community Relations Council’s Norman A. Stack Community Relations Award will be presented to Dr. Elizabeth (Beth) J. Stroble at its annual meeting Wednesday, May 22 at 11:45 a.m. at the Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel, 7730 Bonhomme Avenue....

In Wisconsin, Jews seek ways to help Sikhs after Milwaukee shooting

By Charlotte Anthony, JTAPublished August 7, 2012

Almost as soon as she heard the news about a deadly shooting at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee, Elana Kahn-Oren’s phone started ringing. As director of the Jewish Community Relations Council at the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, Kahn-Oren fielded call after...

 

Jewish Federation achieves ‘Collective Impact’

By Barry RosenbergPublished June 20, 2012

Last week, Jewish Federation’s 2012-13 Planning & Allocations Committee recommendations were presented and approved by the Board. (See story on page one.) These allocations were guided by Federation’s strategic plan. Crafted in 2010 with extensive...

Chart from Federation’s Planning & Allocations Report 2012-2013

Federation allocations show shift to more targeted giving

By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish LightPublished June 20, 2012

As the year’s allocation process draws to a close, the Jewish Federation of St. Louis finds itself both tightening its belt and making changes to its funding model that may significantly affect the way money is doled out to the community in the future....

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JCRC to honor Opera Theatre director Timothy O’Leary with community relations award

Published May 16, 2012

The Jewish Community Relations Council’s Norman A. Stack Community Relations Award will be presented to Timothy O’Leary, General Director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, at its upcoming annual meeting in Clayton. The event takes place at 11:45 a.m....

Letters to the editor, week of April 25, 2012

Published April 25, 2012

Misplaced priorities The Missouri Senate is about to put Missouri last in the country when it comes to supporting working parents’ need for child care. Why? So we can continue to let corporations and private citizens get away with not paying their taxes. ...

Saint Louis University and the Jewish Community Relations Council held a social action seder on Monday focused on hunger awareness.

Local seders explore social justice themes, identity

By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish LightPublished April 4, 2012

For those exploring seder options this Passover, St. Louis presents no shortage of opportunities to mark the holiday with a variety of specially themed gatherings to suit any taste. St. Louis University and the Jewish Community Relations Council held...

Rabbi Howard Kaplansky serves United Hebrew Congregation and is a member of the St. Louis Rabbinical Association.

JCRC and SLU plan interfaith hunger seder

Published March 21, 2012

In conjunction with a national mobilization focused on poverty issues, the Jewish Community Relations Council and St. Louis University are organizing an interfaith Hunger Awareness Seder to take place at 5 p.m. Monday, April 2 on the SLU campus.  The...

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