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

Marci Mayer Eisen

The marvelous Ms. Marci Mayer Eisen

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished April 23, 2021

When I started working in the St. Louis Jewish community more than a dozen years ago, one of the first people to call and welcome me was Marci Mayer Eisen, director of the Millstone Institute and staff person for JProStl, which supports professionals...

Staff members at The Nest at Central Reform Congregation: Maxine Weil (director of congregational learning), Carly Palans, Gracie Devasto, Tristyn Morrell, Teona Keys and Sally Brown (director).

Jewish preschools reopen with strict protocols, fewer pupils

BY BILL MOTCHAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHTPublished July 10, 2020

On the last day of June at 5 p.m., a vacuum cleaner whirred in a hallway at the Nest Early Childhood Education Center at Central Reform Congregation. Maxine Weil, director of congregational learning, recognized the sound.“You hear that?” Weil asked....

Marci Mayer Eisen

Five questions for Marci Mayer Eisen

By Ellen Futterman, EditorPublished May 17, 2018

Marci Mayer Eisen is the Director of the Millstone Institute at the Jewish Federation of St. Louis and primary staff person for JProStl, community-wide collaborations to connect, train and inspire professionals and volunteer leaders. Eisen previously...

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