A Jewish Presence in the City of St. Louis
Thank you for your support in our water drive! Below you can continue to donate to a partner congregation who is helping with boots on the ground. Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi is working to provide aid to their community. To donate directly to their efforts: http://bethisraelms.org/donate-3/ Contact elana@centralreform.org with questions.
Dear CRC Community, I hope you are having a wonderful summer. I don’t want to hurry time, but autumn and the High Holidays have a way of sneaking up on us! I want to share our CRC plan for this year, our third High Holiday season with COVID as a reality in our lives. Another …
The University City High School Alumni Association (UCHSAA,) in partnership with All Nations Church, is working to help families with moderate incomes, no flood insurance or who are displaced by the recent floods in U City. To date, 350 homes and apartment units have been condemned with many more families also suffering extensive flood damage. FEMA has declared St. Louis a disaster area and …
We want to hear from you! We are forming a Community Experience Task Force to examine how best we can meet the needs of the CRC community using technology. From now until December, we will be collecting feedback on what your experience is like at CRC, via an anonymous feedback form, and also through three …
Abortions will continue regardless of the reckless decisions of the Supreme Court and of our Red State that now has the distinction of being the “first and the worst,” as our AG overturns court stays and signs Missouri’s trigger laws into being. Now, more people will die tragic, painful deaths and the divide between the …
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We are thrilled to announce that Sonya J. Vann, MDiv will join us as our new Executive Director starting May 16th! Sonya is an experienced Executive Director and Administrator with a rich background in the management of religious organizations. She joins us from Eden Theological Seminary, where she served as the Director of Admissions and …
To our CRC Community, As we watch the events unfold in Ukraine as millions flee their homes from Russian attacks, our hearts break together. We all are searching for meaningful ways to act on our prayers for peace and justice, and we’ve collected a few opportunities here that we have learned of from partner organizations …
We have a number of exciting staffing changes to update you on in 2022! We have spent intentional time reimagining many of our staff roles, and have taken the opportunity to shift responsibilities to align with our staff’s greatest passions and skills. Elana Hertel is now the Director of Programs and Rabbinic Services, taking the …
December 21, 2021 Dear CRC Community, There has been a lot happening behind the scenes that has kept many of us very busy, and I would love to bring you up to date. Security – Our Security committee, led by board member Gawain Jameson, is working proactively with the Jewish Federation, Maxine Weil and Kimberly …
The Hope of Hanukkah-5782 Just as I was leaving for services in person at CRC on the new moon of Kislev, I had a call from the FBI. The agent said briefly that there had been a threat made, they were in the process of investigating, and he would be in touch. By the end …