The capital campaign for the renovation and expansion of the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum surpassed its $21 million goal, museum officials announced late Thursday.
Set to open in summer 2022, the new Holocaust museum will quadruple the...
I am glue.
That is what 17-year-old me wrote in a personal essay to get into college many (many) years ago. At that time, I had not developed a career path, built up a résumé or was gifted in music or sports. I felt quite ordinary compared with...
(JTA) — The group that made blue collection boxes ubiquitous in the collective Jewish American memory is now accepting donations in a format fit for the digital age: bitcoin.
A charity with roots that go back to the start of modern Zionism,...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 9, 2020
As he takes a reporter on a tour of the art at the I.E. Millstone Campus near Creve Coeur, Michael Staenberg beams with pride. The Jewish philanthropist and developer resembles a proud papa, although in this case his offspring are 215 pieces of art, valued...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published September 13, 2018
Jewish Family & Children’s Service recently received a $1.2 million donation from an anonymous supporter, according to the nonprofit organization. The donor gave the money as an unrestricted gift, meaning the organization can spread it among a...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 27, 2017
Ask the president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis about Michael Staenberg’s most valuable contribution to his agency, and the first answer Andrew Rehfeld gives doesn’t mention the philanthropist’s help with the $3.5 million renovation...
