By Larry Levin, Publisher and CEO
• Published October 26, 2011
Bob Millstone's background might not be the most conventional for the leader of a mainstay Jewish organization. "I grew up in a small town in Vermont not surrounded by many Jews. We didn't practice Judaism at home, a little bit around Hanukkah and Passover,...
We reported several weeks ago about a proposed merger between two Jewish day schools in St. Louis, the Reform Jewish Academy-Saul Mirowitz Day School (RJA) and the Solomon Schechter Day School (SSDS). After an exhaustive and exhausting process of engagement...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 31, 2011
Trudy Sudin has been a congregant at Nusach Hari B'nai Zion for nearly three decades."I'm considered one of the newer members," she quipped.Sudin may be kidding but her joke about how deep historical roots run at this century-old shul had special meaning...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published August 31, 2011
"In Greek and Roman mythology the goddess of wisdom, Pallas Athena or Minerva, was symbolized by an owl. The creature's keen ability to see through darkness, obscurity and symbolic ignorance, made it synonymous with education and intellect."The above...
Bob Millstone will be installed as the Chair of Jewish Federation of St. Louis at the 2011 Annual Meeting and Installation of Officers on Wednesday, Sept. 14. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served before the meeting at 6 p.m. followed by the program...
The Kranzberg Family Foundation, a supporting organization of Jewish Federation, is accepting applications for its 2012 funding cycle. The foundation's purpose is to provide funds to benefit the St. Louis Jewish community with a focus on engagement and...
BY REPPS HUDSON, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published August 17, 2011
Three years or more of a bad economy have tested nonprofit organizations in a time of high demand for their services while the money and other resources they need to operate have been harder to find. Yet non-profit leaders and university instructors agree...
By Dan Klein, JTA, NEW YORK
• Published August 17, 2011
A generational changing of the guard throughout North America's largest Jewish charitable network is opening the door to new chief executives increasingly open to experimenting with changes to the century-old funding model favored by local federations.In...
Nominations are now being accepted for Jewish Federation's 2011 David N. and Roselin Grosberg Young Leadership Award. The annual award recognizes key players in the Jewish community under 40 years of age. These pioneering leaders must be active in Jewish...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 22, 2011
A local business executive with a history of community and federation involvement has been named as the next president of the Jewish Federation of Greater St. Louis. Bob Millstone, 48, president of the the Millstone Company and grandson of noted community...
SAN FRANCISCO — Ben Levinson, 28, was born and raised in St. Louis. He returned after college to find most of the Jewish friends he grew up with had moved away.That’s not unusual: St. Louis is one of many U.S. cities with shrinking Jewish populations...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 22, 2011
The quest for the next professional executive of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis has begun.Earlier this month, the umbrella agency that represents dozens of local Judaic community institutions opened its search for a new leader with the appointment...
