Jewish Federation of St. Louis has awarded $50,000 in grants to 14 Jewish schools, agencies and congregations for inclusive programs. This is the second year that the Jewish Federation of St. Louis has allocated Mini Grants in order to help Jewish organizations...
On Sunday May 29, the Jewish War Veterans hold a Memorial Day ceremony at 11 a.m. at the Jewish Federation building, 12 Millstone Campus Drive. Rabbi Ze’ev Smason of Nusach Hari B’nai Zion will conduct the service. Names of departed Jewish Veterans...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis’ Center for Jewish Learning has announced two courses to start in May: • “The Kabbalah of the Zohar” — Led by Rabbi Neal Rose, this four-week mini-course will begin on Monday, May 23 and continue on June 6, 20...
Julie Gibbs, Director of Women’s Philanthropy at the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, has been selected as the President of JProStl for 2016-18. She becomes the seventh JProStl president, succeeding Rabbi Levi Landa of Chabad. JProStl is an initiative...
Through the Lubin-Green Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, 12 programs were offered funding for Yom Ha’Atzmaut celebrations. Events held by Congregation Shaare Emeth, the Jewish Community Center and the J’s...
The Jewish community will have the chance to honor the memory of Sholem Aleichem during a special event at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 15 in the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center theater in the Jewish Federation building, 12 Millstone Campus Drive. Sholem Aleichem...
Women’s Auxiliary Foundation for Jewish Aged, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, has announced recipients of their second grant cycle. The foundation is focused on providing financial support for programs and organizations...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis has announced the next cohort of “Rubinites” who will embark on The Rubin Israel Experience, an all-expense-paid trip for St. Louisans 27 to 45 years old who have never been to Israel. The 10-day trip brings together...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published April 20, 2016
Changing the faceThink of it as “Shark Tank” for millennials. And its winner: Jessica Yaira Gordon, 24, who beat out several other teams to win $30,000 from Jewish Federation of St. Louis to grow her educational business, Rozzy Learning Company. Specifically,...
There are lots of ways to combat anti-Israel campaigns like BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions). Here in St. Louis, we’re part and parcel of one of the more productive lines of advocacy.One way, the most common one, is to talk about the political...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published April 13, 2016
Dalia Fadila, a prominent Israeli Arab college administrator and founder of the Q-schools program for teaching English to Arab youth and adults, sees education as a “tool of empowerment” and as a way for Israeli Arabs to cease seeing themselves as...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis will hold a 2016 kickoff for its professional societies 2016 Kickoff on Wednesday, May 4 at Cortex’s @4240 building, located at 4240 Duncan Ave.The featured speaker will be Travis Sheridan, founding Executive Director...
