Jan 4, 2019 | JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News, JProStl
Honorees have been announced for the Annual JProStl Recognition Luncheon, which will take place Thursday, January 31, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at The J’s Staenberg Family Complex. The theme of the program is “The Future is Bright: Highlighting the Work of Our...
Jan 3, 2019 | Community Impact, JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News
Applications for Anything Grants from the Staenberg Family Foundation are now open and are due by Feb. 14. The Foundation will distribute about $50,000 in grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 to Jewish organizations. Each grant will total one half of the applicant...
Jan 3, 2019 | JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News, Sh'ma: Listen! Speaker Series
The Center for Jewish Learning will present “Telling It Like It Is: Education and Its Impact in Israel” with Professor Dan Ben-David, founder of the Shoresh Institution for Socioeconomic Research and a senior faculty member at Tel-Aviv University. The January 23 talk...
Dec 18, 2018 | JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News
Press Release from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, Associate Professor of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis, and a prominent...
Dec 18, 2018 | JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News
Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, will become the 13th President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in early April 2019. He has been the top professional leader of Federation...
Dec 7, 2018 | JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News, YPD
Are you dreaming of a white LollapaJEWza? If so, grab your ugliest holiday sweater and head out to Westport Social (910 Westport Plaza Drive) on December 24 from 9 pm to midnight. You don’t want to miss joining 300 other young adults for the biggest Christmas...
Dec 5, 2018 | Israel Center, JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News
Day 3: Caesarea, Shfar’am, and Tiberias We started today at Leket, Israel’s largest food redistribution program. Leket’s partnerships in agriculture, tourism, and the business community allow them to use excess food and fresh produce to feed vulnerable...
Dec 5, 2018 | Israel Center, JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News
Day 1: Jaffa and Tel Aviv Reflections From Representative Crystal Quade Goal of hybrid is to make the world a better and safer place, which is the same goal we have as Legislators. It has been interesting to continue to realize we left from Newark, which is the...
Dec 4, 2018 | Israel Center, JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News
Day 2: Beersheba and Tel Aviv Today we started early on our journey to Ben Gurion University in the Negev desert. We had an opportunity to visit with cutting-edge scientists using technology to solve real-world problems. The work at BGU is ground breaking in...
Nov 20, 2018 | JFed Press Releases, JFed STL News, PJ Library
PJ Library has hired three Parent Ambassadors, whose job will be welcoming families with young children to the Jewish community and connecting them with other young families. Abby Goldstein, Aleeza Granote, and MaryAnne Smyly Sabin all have young families and also...
