This Shabbat, we find ourselves celebrating the 7th Day of the Festival of Pesach and preparing for this weekâs special reading of the account of Kriat Yam Suf, the crossing of the Sea of Reeds, which tradition posits took place on this day. And yet, though we are knee-deep in our Passover c…
ReDESIGN & ReORGANIZE at Coffee Talk with SnL The National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis is excited to welcome Rebecca Stisser and Billi Jo Eubank from ReDESIGN + ReORGANIZE to our next Coffee Talk with SnL on February 23, 2021.
According to the Center for Disease Control, approximately 215 Americans die daily from an opioid overdose. This crisis has hit Missouri especially hard, and racial disparities are especially acute.
The National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis is excited to welcome Sabrina Davis, E.D. founder of WalknFaith, a faith-based substance abuse treatment center for our February Lunch and Learn.
To RSVP, please contact Jen Bernstein at jbernstein@ncjwstl.org or visit http://bit.ly/3qHYV0F.
Mazel tov! The whole shtetl buzzed with the news. Chanka, the butcherâs daughter, was engaged to Yankel, the carpenterâs son. It was a local match, so the whole town got involved in the wedding preparations. A week before the wedding, Chanka could be found sewing the last few stitches on he…
Ever wondered what happened to that restaurant you once loved and have memories of dining at with your family and friends? We did! There is an amazing website called Lost Tables, dedicated to celebrating the restaurants of our past. We are partnering with the site s creator Harley Hammerman and celebrating these wonderful stories. Hammerman and his wife Marlene are members of Shaare Emeth, and she is past president of the National Council of Jewish Women of St. Louis.   Visit Lost Tables on FacebookÂ
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Henry Schaumberg Jr. was born in 1872 in Kansas. Schaumberg is listed in 1895-1898 city directories as a draftsman, and after 1898 as an architect. Although his name is associated with many houses in south St. Louis and the Skinker DeBaliviere neighborhood, much later in his career Schaumberg designed a bakery, shop and garage in the city of Clayton.