Community Events

The following are upcoming events in the greater St. Louis and/or Jewish community that may be of interest to CRC members. CRC is not necessarily a sponsor of any event listed here and is not responsible for the content of external websites.

For comprehensive information on events in the St. Louis Jewish Community, we recommend www.jewishinstlouis. org.

Holocaust Museum Docents Wanted!

The Holocaust Museum and Learning Center is looking for Museum docents with good communication skills to lead tours for diverse groups – from middle-school children to older adults. This is a wonderful opportunity for volunteers interested in teaching the history and lessons of the Holocaust who also want to gain expertise about one of the most important events of the 20th century.

The time commitment is flexible and may include weekdays, some evenings and Sunday afternoons. No prior experience as a docent or knowledge of European history, World War II or the Holocaust is required.

Training includes:

· Learning about the Holocaust and its historical context

· Meeting with Holocaust Survivors and hearing their stories

· Acquiring skills in conducting tours

· Working with interesting, committed colleagues

Docents are expected to attend all training sessions. Classes will be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a one-hour lunch break at noon, starting Monday, October 4, and ending Tuesday, November 9.

Here’s the training schedule: Mondays: October 4, 11, 18, 25; November 1, 8 (a.m. only), and Tuesdays: October 5, 12, 19 and 26; November 2 and 9.

For more information or to sign up, please call 314-442-3714 or email dreich@jfedstl.org.

2010 Holocaust Museum Film Series

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Jewishinstlouis Launches
1st Blog for Jewish Teens
5 local teens voice views on Jewish topics... and teens talk back!

jewishinstlouis.org, the gateway to the St. Louis Jewish community, has launched its first Jewish teen blog, iTalk : uTalk at www.jewishinstlouis.org/italk. The blog, which will enable St. Louis Jewish teenagers to have a voice on a major Jewish community website and to interact with the Jewish community on a wide range of topics, will feature new postings two to three times a week in the website’s popular Teen Section, www.jewishinstlouis.org/teens. Jewishinstlouis’ Teen section is an online community for Jewish teens that offers up-to-date information, entertainment, educational and engaging Jewish content to meet the interests of St. Louis Jewish teens with the goal of building community, Jewish identity, encouraging communal involvement, volunteerism and tzedakkah.

For the month of August, the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry is looking for these specific items in order to provide well-balanced nourishment for the community in need:

Items should be brought to CRC's collection site.For further information, please contact Louise Levine, 636-227-1259.

The Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library will continue the Summer Israel Series, (sponsored by Bill Solomon in memory of Karen Solomon), with a presentation entitled “Why Do We Need a Jewish State Now More Than Ever?” with Esther Zimand, a former St.Louisan and CAJE Director of Adult Education, who now lives in Jerusalem.

The program will be held at the Jewish Federation Kopolow Building, 12 Millstone Campus Drive, and is co-sponsored by CAJE.

Aviya’s Summer to Screen at Holocaust Museum

The Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Holocaust Museum and Learning Center’s free monthly film series will feature Aviya’s Summer at the Jewish Federation Kopolow Building. The film is based on the memoir of Gila Almagor, one of Israel’s foremost actresses. Almagor was born four months after the death of her father, a Holocaust survivor who was killed by an Arab sniper while working as a policeman in Haifa. Almagor grew up caring for her mother, who was slowly losing her sanity after realizing that all her family in Germany had perished in the Holocaust.

The film tells the story of Aviya, who, as did Almagor and many of her generation, attempts to get her life back to some semblance of “normalcy” in the early years of the State of Israel. Directed by Eli Cohen, this 1988 film has a running time of 91 minutes and will be screened in Hebrew with English subtitles. Introductory remarks will be presented by Leora Gilboa who was born in Israel and is a child of two Survivors. She currently lives in Chesterfield. Gilboa will share her experiences living in the shadow of the Holocaust, and facilitate a discussion following the film. This program is free; reservations are not required.

For additional information, call 314-442-3714 or email dreich@jfedstl.org. This film is co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council.

The Ever-Alive Dead Sea Scrolls and Their Significance for Understanding the Bible, Early Judaism and the Birth of Christianity

Scholar and author Shalom Paul will speak at the Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library’s Annual Lazaroff Lecture on "The Ever-Alive Dead Sea Scrolls and Their Significance for Understanding the Bible, Early Judaism and the Birth of Christianity". Professor Paul is Professor Emeritus Bible Department, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and is a renowned Dead Sea Scrolls scholar. Reception and book signing will follow the lecture. The Lazaroff Lecture is funded by the Morris and Ann Lazaroff Endowment for the Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library

The program will be held at the Jewish Federation Kopolow Building, 12 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146

Author, Educator, Erica Brown, Ph. D., to Explore ‘Inspiring Jewish Leadership’ at Jewish Federation 2010 Annual Meeting

New Federation logo will be unveiled; Grosberg Young Leaders honored; Goldstein Award for Jewish professional excellence winner announced.

Author and educator, Erica Brown, Ph. D., who is scholar-in-residence for the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington and consults with the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) and other Jewish non-profits, will deliver the keynote address, “Inspiring Jewish Leadership” at Jewish Federation’s 2010 Annual Meeting.

Cost of Federation’s Annual Meeting is $18 per person. A dairy dessert reception immediately follows. Klezmer band HaShemesh will perform. Dietary laws are observed.

Author Carol Rose will read from her recently re-released collection of poems “Behind the Blue Gate”. She will share insights and reflections related to her poetry and the creative processes that influence her writing. The program will be held at the Jewish Federation Kopolow Building, 12 Millstone Campus Drive, and is co-sponsored by CAJE.

Admission is $7 per person; free to Friends of the Brodsky Library and 2009 Melton Alumni Association Members. For more information or to make a reservation, call the library at (314) 442-3720 or email Brodsky-library@jfedstl.org.

For the month of August, the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry is looking for these specific items in order to provide well-balanced nourishment for the community in need:

Items should be brought to CRC's collection site.For further information, please contact Louise Levine, 636-227-1259.

Aviya’s Summer to Screen at Holocaust Museum