The Missouri Humanities Council (MHC) has awarded a grant in the amount of $6,677 to the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center in support of a four-day education institute in July 2014 titled “Using Testimony to Teach the History of the Holocaust.” The MHC is the only...
JProStl, the association dedicated to supporting professionals working at Jewish organizations in St. Louis, is now accepting nominations for the 9th Annual Peer Recognition Awards. The awards honor those who exemplify professional excellence and dedication to their...
Lory Cooper learned from the experience of her grandparents that the highest level of tzedakah is helping someone help themselves. Cooper’s grandparents, Simon and Bobbie Kohn, were Holocaust survivors who came to St. Louis after World War II with nothing. Federation...
Sunday, August 18, 4pm at Congregation Shaare Emeth Dramatic reading of letters serves as an artistic witness Gerda Nothmann Luner was the only immediate member of her family to survive the Holocaust. Her parents, grandparents, sister and the Dutch foster family she...
Sunday, April 7, 4pm Congregation B’nai Amoona Watch a live-stream of the event by clicking here. Yom HaShoah memorializes the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust The St. Louis community will mark Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Rememberance Day) with a...
When Ruth Lehrman was a young mother, the preschool at the Jewish Community Center was a lifesaver. New to St. Louis, Ruth had come from Atlanta, where she had been unable to find daycare or preschool for her daughter, Tanya, then 3. Ruth, who was attending St. Louis...
On Dec. 6 2012, Myrna Meyer, Chair of “Change Begins With Me,” helped to launch the new high-tech interactive exhibition in the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center. She vows that the exhibit, which portrays contemporary hate, discrimination and ethnic conflict,...
Jean Cavender, Director of the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center was installed as President of JProStl at the annual JPro “end of year” event. JProStl is the association dedicated to supporting professionals working at Jewish organizations in St. Louis. Its...
Since 2000, he’s been involved with HMLC serving in several roles. Find out what in his family history piqued his interest in the Holocaust. Kent Hirschfelder (Olivette) has been named Chair of the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center. He has been involved...