JPro has announced a week of interactive workshops for staff who work in nonprofit organizations affiliated with the Jewish community. The Sharpening Your Skills sessions will cover leadership, presentation skills, time management, writing and editing,...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis will install Greg Yawitz as its new board chair during the organization’s 2019 Annual Meeting, which takes place at 6:45 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Drive. Yawitz, the owner of Keat...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis has announced the promotion of three longtime Jewish community professionals to the newly created positions of Vice Presidents of Community Impact, Development, and Community Engagement.“This is an exciting time for Federation,”...
It’s been two months since Andrew Rehfeld departed as president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis to become president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. This seems like a good time to brief our community on where Federation...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 11, 2019
Despite continuing demographic challenges brought about by an increasingly elderly community, the Jewish Federation’s Annual Campaign met its goals by edging upward for the fourth straight year. “We’re thrilled with the results,” said Joel Frankel,...
The Kranzberg Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, has awarded $69,500 in grants to 15 Jewish programs for children, teens and young adults for 2019. This is the 11th year the Foundation has made these grants,...
Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published January 17, 2019
Jewish Federation of St. Louis is forming a search committee to find a replacement for Andrew Rehfeld, who will leave his position as president and CEO at the end of March. “We intend to undertake a national search to find a successor for Andrew,”...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published December 27, 2018
As he leaves his job as president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, Andrew Rehfeld is exchanging one daunting position for an even more demanding responsibility.On April 1, when he becomes the 13th president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published October 11, 2018
A few years ago, Paul Sorenson and his wife, Katie Garland, were walking through the Botanical Heights neighborhood when Sorenson spotted a building with Stars of David etched in stone on the brick facade and in stained glass windows. Sorenson had heard...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 4, 2018
Jewish arts, music, food and culture will take center stage during a festival debuting this month. The inaugural Sababa Jewish Arts and Culture Festival will take place Sunday, Oct. 14, at Washington University. Sababa — the word is Modern Hebrew slang...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published August 30, 2018
Growing up the daughter of a modern Orthodox rabbi and attending Block Yeshiva High School, Dodi Smason felt “a strong Jewish identity,” she said.So after graduating high school in 2009 and starting at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Smason...
On July 19, the Israeli Nation-State bill passed as a basic law in Israel. The law establishes constitutional-level protections for the Jewish people and its culture in Israel, defining what it means to be a Jewish State. The Nation-State law is intended...
