BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published August 10, 2016
Siegmund Halpern, who escaped the Holocaust by leaving his native Vienna in 1939 and later became a successful businessman and community leader, died Monday, Aug. 1, in Kansas City. The former longtime resident of St. Louis was 96 and had been in declining...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis is launching a unique partnership with the global Jewish accelerator group PresenTense to form JFACE, a six-month St. Louis-based accelerator program that will target issues in the Jewish community. JFACE, which stands...
By Eric Berger, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 3, 2016
If you attended the JCC Maccabi Games this week and heard athletes from the St. Louis delegation speaking Hebrew with perfect — seemingly native — accents, it’s understandable that you might have been confused.There were, in fact, 10 athletes from...
The Jewish Federation Center for Jewish Learning will offer daytime and evening sessions of a Hebrew Reading Crash Course in August. The introductory Hebrew course, developed by the National Jewish Outreach Project, teaches participants to learn to read...
Jews United for Justice and other St. Louis groups have planned “Forward Through Ferguson: The Jewish Community Response,” a social justice town hall meeting, for 6:45 p.m. Monday, July 18 at Congregation B’nai Amoona, 324 S. Mason Road in Creve...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis has launched its second year of a summer internship program that combines meaningful employment and a community connection experience for students who either live or study in St. Louis. Fourteen interns were selected for...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published June 23, 2016
Jewish Federation of St. Louis has decided to discontinue its afterschool education program for teens because of declining enrollment in recent years, leaders say.The Jewish Opportunities and Learning For Teens (JOLT) program offered courses such as Jews...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 15, 2016
This year, the Jewish Federation of St. Louis will celebrate a decade of innovative giving by the Staenberg Family Foundation with an initiative that challenges others to make a difference and spread good works.“I think it is great,” philanthropist...
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...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis is seeking nominations for two annual awards — one honoring professionals working for a Jewish community organization and the other honoring volunteer leaders in the Jewish community who are age 45 or younger.Fred A. Goldstein...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis is Planning “Show Me Israel,” a community mission with four ways to see the country, from Feb. 26-March 6, 2017.The specialized tracks include:• The Flavors of Israel: Participants will be immersed in the Israeli food...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis has planned “Vibe with the Tribe,” a series of free events for Jewish college students (ages 17 to 23 years) who are spending the summer in St. Louis. The events will give young adults the chance to have inspiring conversation...
