A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Lynn Wittels

CEO Lynn Wittels plans to leave the J in early 2024

Published July 27, 2022

Lynn Wittels, CEO and president of the Jewish Community Center, has decided that her current contract, which runs through early 2024, will be her last. Not that she is retiring, exactly. As she explains in a letter to the J board: “I am excited about...

Pictured from left: Lynn Wittels, Emily Stein MacDonald and Ben Cherry.

Jewish Federation announces honorees for annual meeting

Published August 10, 2017

Jewish Federation of St. Louis announced the recipients of the Fred A. Goldstein Award for Professional Leadership and David N. and Roselin Grosberg Young Leadership Awards. Both awards will be presented at Federation’s 2017 Annual Meeting on Thursday,...

J renames Center of Jewish Life to honor Ruth and Harold Sher

Published September 21, 2016

The Jewish Community Center has renamed its Center of Jewish Life in honor of Ruth and Harold Sher, recognizing a “generous multi-year contribution by the Shers to continue Jewish mission programming at the J,” according to a news release.The Ruth...

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