Adult Education Winter/Spring Course

ADULT EDUCATION WINTER/SPRING COURSE CATALOG 2019 CENTER FOR JEWISH LEARNING WHO WE ARE The Center for Jewish Learning (CJL) supports Jewish learning as a critical link in ensuring a vibrant and thriving Jewish community. We strive to support existing learning opportunities within the community and offer compelling pluralistic Jewish educational experiences. We encourage you to explore the CJL Course Catalog and consider diving into something new this winter or spring. Learn more at JFedSTL.org/CJL.

WHAT’S NEW? We are excited to feature St. Louis academics who will share their scholarship with the community in a new LOCAL SCHOLARS SERIES. CJL will also hold two Scholars-in-Residence events: a weekend of conversations on Benedict Spinoza with Dr. Steven Nadler and Rabbi Dr. Allan Nadler in March; and Dr. Joy Ladin who will teach over 2-3 days in June. We are also pleased to partner with the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics for the Boniuk-Tanzman Memorial Lecture on Medical Ethics with Dr. David Pelcovitz in April.

Cyndee Levy, Director of CJL and Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library Rabbi Tracy Nathan, Senior Educator, CJL; Director of Melton/St. Louis Cynthia Wachtel, Shlichut Program Supervisor Shirley Wise, Registrar and Database Specialist Kathy Schmeltz, Resource Assistant, CJL

TABLE OF CONTENTS Text and Thought...... 2 The Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning..... 3 History, Politics, and Current Events...... 4 Arts and Culture...... 5 Hebrew Language...... 6 Local Scholars Series...... 7 Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series...... 9 Registration Information...... 11

1 TEXT AND THOUGHT PHILOSOPHY ROUNDTABLE ON PHILO: THE BOOK OF ISAIAH: ITS IMPACT AND THE CONFLUENCE OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD VS. INFLUENCE ON JEWISH TRADITION FAITH AND HOPE Rabbi Lane Steinger Cantor-Rabbi Ronald Eichaker The poetry and power of the words of the prophet Isaiah Philo was a philosopher from Alexandria, Egypt, who lived continue to challenge and resonate in our day. We will from approximately 20 BCE to 40 CE. He sought to explore and examine texts of Isaiah as they appear in harmonize the Hebrew Bible with Greek philosophy and Jewish liturgy and other aspects of Judaism. influenced early Christian thought. This roundtable 1835. Tue 11 am-noon | 4 classes from 5/7-5/28 | $40 discussion will start with a general background on Philo’s life, and we will study and discuss one or more of his Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex philosophical treatises. Class size limited to 18. 1832. Tue 7-8:30 pm | 4 classes from 2/19-3/12 | $60 CONTEMPORARY JEWISH WRITERS Marcia Moskowitz Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex This reading and discussion-based course explores contemporary Jewish writers’ perspectives on the MUSSAR STUDY AND PRACTICE characters and themes of modern society. Among the Cyndee Levy works will be novels by American writers Philip Roth, E.L. This course is designed as an introduction to the study and Doctorow, and Israeli writer Aharon Appelfeld. practice of Mussar, an ethical philosophy and spiritual Please note: Each unit will stand on its own, so you may practice, which may serve as a guide for facing the sign up for any or all. challenges of daily life. We will explore the following Middot (character traits): 1810. Wed 11:30 am-1 pm Unit 1: patience, forgiveness, and simplicity Unit 4: 7 classes from 2/27-4/10 | $105 Unit 2: loving, kindness, strength, and faith Unit 5: 5 classes from 5/1-5/29 | $75 All materials will be provided through The Mussar Institute. Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex 1833. Tue 7-8:30 pm Unit 1: 6 classes from 2/19-3/26 | $75 A PALACE OF PEARLS: THE STORIES OF RABBI Unit 2: 6 classes from 5/7-6/18 (no class on 5/28) | $75 NACHMAN Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex Dr. Howard Schwartz Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav (1772-1810) is BUILDERS BEIT MIDRASH: TALMUD AND LIBERATION widely recognized as the greatest Jewish Rabbi Micah Buck-Yael storyteller of all time. We will read and The Beit Midrash (House of Study) has been the home for discuss his stories from the newly creative, radical, liberating thought in the Jewish world for published A Palace of Pearls, edited by Dr. centuries. The Builders Beit Midrash introduces learners to Howard Schwartz. The course will explore the ongoing conversation about liberation in the Jewish hidden meanings in the stories and the tradition and invites them to be a part of that conversation. Kabbalistic principles that Rabbi Nachman We will read texts through a lens that is feminist, queer- drew upon, so this course will also serve as oriented, and focused on the importance of hearing voices an introduction to Kabbalah. Along the way, we will learn that have too often been marginalized. This is a multi-level about Rabbi Nachman’s life story and his role as the Rebbe course: All texts will be studied in the original Hebrew/ of the Bratslav Hassidim. Aramaic, with the tools and support needed to ensure that anyone who can sound out the aleph-bet will be able to This new unit will stand on its own; new students read and interpret the text for themselves. welcome. If you don’t have a copy of A Palace of Pearls, it Co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Learning and MaTovu will be available for purchase for $35. 1834. Tue 7-9 pm | 6 classes from 3/12-4/16 | $90 1814. Thu 7-8:30 pm | Unit 2: 5 classes from 2/21-3/21 | $75 Location: MaTovu, 4200 Blaine Ave., St. Louis, 63110 Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex

Classes are held at the Kaplan Feldman Complex, unless otherwise noted. 2 TEXT AND THOUGHT A BRIDE FOR ONE NIGHT: TALMUD TALES Cyndee Levy SEARCHING FOR MEANING IN THE GREAT Ruth Calderon’s book, A Bride for One STORIES OF OUR TRADITION: LUNCH AND Night, will serve as the text for this LEARN course. Each class will begin with Cyndee Levy study and an in-depth analysis of the These text-based discussions will focus on uncovering the lively Talmudic text that serves as the hidden wisdom in selected stories from our tradition. A inspiration for the original short stories light kosher dairy lunch will be served at each session. in Calderon’s book, which will be 1807. 3rd Tue of the month, noon-1:30 pm followed by a reading and analysis of See online course guide for exact dates | $15/class the accompanying short story. Location: Home of Cyndee Levy in Creve Coeur (address Co-sponsored by the Center for provided after registration) Jewish Learning and B’Nai Amoona This new unit will stand on its own; new students welcome. 1802. Mon 7-8:30 pm | Unit 3: 5 classes from 3/18-5/6 (no class on 3/25, 4/1, 4/22) | $75 Location: B’nai Amoona, 324 S. Mason Road, 63141

FLORENCE MELTON SCHOOL OF ADULT JEWISH LEARNING

VAYIKRA (LEVITICUS) – A CALL TO HOLINESS Rabbi Elizabeth Hersh In this study of Vayikra/Leviticus, we will examine themes that include the role of ritual, responding to tragedy, confronting birth and parenthood, seeking forgiveness, balancing the place of the individual and the community, bringing sanctity into one’s daily life, and more. Co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Learning and Temple Emanuel 1837. Thu 7-8:30 pm | 10 classes from 1/31-4/18 (no class 3/21 and 3/28) | $250 plus book fee Location: Temple Emanuel, 12166 Conway Road, 63141

Registration is through the Melton School. A minimum of 15 participants is required to hold Melton courses. A PROJECT OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM Register at Events.org/MeltonStLouis

3 HISTORY, POLITICS, AND CURRENT EVENTS BOYCOTTS AND THE JEWS SCREENING OF ST. LOUIS STORIES: THE Russel Neiss JEWISH AMERICANS Boycotts were a potent and effective political weapon for Dr. Diane Everman the Jewish community in the 20th century. This course will St. Louis Stories: The Jewish Americans is examine primary sources and contemporary news accounts a one-hour documentary exploring the of three of the most notable boycotts of this era: the 1902 rich 200-year history of Jewish people in Kosher Meat Boycott, the anti-Nazi global Jewish boycott of St. Louis. Tracing the history of the the 1930s, and the 1975 American-Jewish boycott of Mexico. St. Louis Jewish community from the arrival of the first settlers to the present Co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Learning and day, the film includes archival material, MaTovu interviews, and current-day footage. Dr. 1838. Wed 7-8:30 pm | 3 classes from 3/27-4/10 | $30 Everman will facilitate a discussion after Location: MaTovu, 4200 Blaine Ave., 63110 the film, which was originally broadcast on KETC9. Co-sponsored by Brodsky Library, the St. Louis Jewish Community Archives, and the St. Louis Genealogical Society-Jewish Special Interest Group 1818. Feb 3 | Sun 1-3 pm | Free Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex

GALIA AND MILTON MOVITZ, SENATOR JOHN DANFORTH ISRAEL SCHOLARS PROGRAM FOR ADULTS Rabbi Michael Rovinsky MJDIS is designed to engender a greater understanding of Israeli current affairs and ethical issues through challenging and interactive programming. The course offers a multimodal approach to learning, utilizing engaging speakers from leading Israel advocacy and education organizations, community leaders and multimedia presentations. Participants will study the history of Israel and use that knowledge to grapple with many issues it faces today. 1831. Thu 11:30 am–1 pm | 12 classes from 2/14-5/23 (no class on 3/21) | Free New York Times, May 17, 1902 Call Rabbi Rovinsky at (314) 498-6279 to register. Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex

Classes are held at the Kaplan Feldman Complex, unless otherwise noted. 4 ARTS AND CULTURE

SEEING OURSELVES OUT OF EGYPT: AN ART AND TEXT WORKSHOP Gal Amir and Rabbi Tracy Nathan In this hands-on workshop, we will study texts from the Passover Haggadah to inspire artwork that may be used at your seder table. Artist and educator Gal Amir will lead a workshop that utilizes art and craft techniques inspired from your personal or family photographs. 1839. Mar 31 | Sun 10 am-1 pm $30 plus $8 materials | Maximum of 15 participants Location: Gal Amir’s Studio in Creve Coeur (address provided after registration)

5 HEBREW LANGUAGE

INTERMEDIATE BIBLICAL HEBREW Rabbi Shulamit Cenker Students will continue to acquire vocabulary, increase proficiency with Hebrew roots, and grammar, using selections from the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). 1827. Mon 10-11:30 am Unit 3: 6 classes from 2/11-3/25 (no class 2/18) | $90 Unit 4: 7 classes from 4/1-5/20 (no class 4/22) | $105 Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex

CONVERSATIONAL HEBREW Ariel Kielmanowicz Students will acquire the necessary vocabulary and grammar for basic conversation and reading of Modern Hebrew. Students will read, listen to stories, songs, and dialogues, and participate in guided class discussions. Students must be able to read and pronounce Hebrew letters and words. 1828. Mon 7-8:30 pm | Unit 2: 8 classes from 2/25-5/6 (no classes on 3/11, 3/18, 4/22) | $120 Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex

BEGINNING HEBREW – ALEPH-BET AND BEYOND Rabbi Shulamit Cenker Learn to read Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) in the original! We will begin with learning the aleph-bet for those who are new to Hebrew or would like to brush up. 1840. Thu 11:45 am-1 pm | 8 classes from 2/21-4/11 | $100 Maximum of 10 participants Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex

Please contact us if you would like some guidance on which Hebrew course to take or if you are not finding a Hebrew course that suits your level or interest. We may be able to connect you with other Hebrew courses in the community or with a private teacher.

For further information on our courses, contact Rabbi Tracy Nathan at [email protected] or 314-442-3757.

Classes are held at the Kaplan Feldman Complex, unless otherwise noted. 6 LOCAL SCHOLARS SERIES – NEW! In this new CJL series, we feature local RABBIS AND KITCHEN MAGICIANS: academics who will share their scholarship ANCIENT JEWISH “SUPERSTITION” IN CONTEXT with the community, as well as bring their James Redfield expertise and knowledge to bear on The rabbis of second to fourth century Roman Palestine important contemporary conversations. are not known for their tolerance toward non-Jewish beliefs and practices. However, they were also curious about these matters – at the very least in order to prohibit them, but sometimes for other reasons as well. This talk JEWISH SEXUAL ETHICS: UNEXPECTED TEXTS will explore one area of their curiosity, in their laws of Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi “superstition” or what they called “ways of the Amorite.” We will explore how the rabbis’ debates around these In this course, we will examine some of the more laws reflect a more nuanced interaction with their cultural frequently deployed Jewish texts on sexuality and see environment – not only with their non-Jewish elite peers what they have to offer and where their limits lie. Then, but also with popular Jewish practices. we will explore other textual possibilities. What might we learn about sexual health from texts that deal with day-to-day ritual impurity? What might classic tales of James Redfield is Assistant Professor of Biblical and rabbinic argumentation tell us about BDSM, risk, and Talmudic Literatures in the Department of Theological community? And what might a story about a powerful Studies at Saint Louis University. His Ph.D. in rabbi exempting himself from his own rulings have to say Religious Studies is from Stanford about #MeToo? University, and he received an M.A. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. James has a passion Rebecca J. Epstein-Levi is the Friedman for translation and has published several Postdoctoral Fellow in Jewish Studies at shorter works from Yiddish, German, and Washington University in St. Louis. She has French. He is currently completing a a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, and book-length translation of the Yiddish her dissertation used rabbinic ritual purity writings of Mikhah Yosef Berdichevsky entitled Letters discourse toward a Jewish ethic of sex and from a Distant Relation. public health. She is a practical ethicist who examines questions of sexual, biomedical, 1841. Mar 4 | Mon noon-1:30 pm | Free | $10 for optional and environmental ethics through a Jewish lens. kosher vegetarian lunch (registration required) Co-sponsored by Kol Rinah and the Center for Jewish Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex Learning 1836. Wed 7-8:30 pm | 3 classes from 2/20-3/6 | $30 Location: Kol Rinah, 829 N. Hanley Road, 63130

7 LOCAL SCHOLARS SERIES ABLEISM AND ANTISEMITISM FROM NAZI JEWISH GERMANY TO CONTEMPORARY AMERICA DIFFERENCE Harold Braswell and Warren Rosenblum AND THE ARTS IN VIENNA: The Nazi dream of a “master race” excluded both Jews COMPOSING and persons with disabilities. This was no coincidence. COMPASSION Nationalist movements frequently build a sense of unity IN MUSIC AND and solidarity among their followers by demonizing the BIBLICAL THEATER other. The Nazis were not the first nationalist movement Caroline Kita to create a powerful ideological brew by mixing Professor Caroline Kita antisemitism and ableism; nor were they the last. Our will present on her presenters will explore the intersections between anti- book, Jewish Jewish feeling and discrimination against the disabled in Difference and the Arts the Nazi area and in more recent times. in Vienna: Composing Co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Learning, Brodsky Compassion in Music Library, and the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center and Biblical Theater (Indiana University Press, 2019), which Harold Braswell is an Assistant Professor of health care ethics at Saint Louis University. examines discourses of His work focuses on the intersection of inclusion and otherness bioethics and disability studies, with a in musical and dramatic works by Jewish artists in Vienna specialization on disability at the end of life. around 1900. His first book, The Dying Family: US Hospice Co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Learning, Brodsky Care and the Crisis of Freedom at the End Library, the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center, and the of Life, will be published in fall 2019 by St. Louis Jewish Book Festival Johns Hopkins University Press. Warren Rosenblum is Professor of History Caroline Kita is an Assistant Professor in the and Chair of the History, Politics, and Department of Germanic Languages and International Relations Department at Literatures at Washington University in Webster University in St. Louis. He is the St. Louis. She received her Ph.D. from Duke author of Beyond the Prison Gates: University and her research interests include Punishment and Welfare in Germany, German and Austrian literature and culture 1850-1933, which won the Baker-Burton in the 19th and 20th centuries, German- Prize of the Southern Historical Association. Jewish Studies, music and musical He is currently finishing a book about an antisemitic aesthetics, theater and performance, and sound studies. justice scandal in the Weimar Republic, and working on a 1843. Apr 30 | Tue 7-8:30 pm | Free major study of the treatment of the “feeble-minded” in modern Europe. Rosenblum serves on the Executive Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex Committee of the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center in St. Louis. 1842. Apr 2 | Tue 7-8:30 pm | Free Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex

Classes are held at the Kaplan Feldman Complex, unless otherwise noted. 8 YELLOW LOGO The Sh’ma: Listen! Speakers Series serves as a way to share information about compelling speakers featured throughout the St. Louis Jewish community. Speakers may be sponsored by the Center for Jewish Learning, by a Jewish community SPEAKER SERIES organization or agency, or through collaborative partnership.

DAN BEN-DAVID Wed, Jan 23, 7 pm CONVERSATIONS ON BENEDICT (BARUCH) SPINOZA Professor Dan Mar 9-10 Ben-David is the Benedict (Baruch) Spinoza was excommunicated by the Amsterdam Portuguese-Jewish community in the Founder and 17th century. In this series of conversations, Steven President of the Nadler and Alan Nadler will consider various aspects independent, of Spinoza’s life and philosophy as it relates to Jewish non-partisan Shoresh thought and life. Institution for Socioeconomic Research and a SPINOZA’S HERESY AND HERESY IN JEWISH senior faculty member of the HISTORY | Sat, Mar 9 | 12:30 pm Department of Public Policy at Location: United Hebrew Congregation, 13788 Conway Road, 63141 Tel-Aviv University. He is the former Executive Director of the Taub Center SPINOZA’S RECEPTION AMONG HIS CONTEMPORARIES for Social Policy Studies. AND IN LATER YIDDISH CULTURE | Sat, Mar 9, 7:30 pm Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex Location: Temple Israel, 1 Rabbi Alvan D. Rubin Dr., 63141 IS SPINOZA A JEWISH PHILOSOPHER? | Sun, Mar 10, 1:30-3 pm NASREEN HADAD HAJ-YAHYA Mon, Feb 25, 7 pm Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex Nasreen Hadad Steven Nadler is the William H. Hay II Professor of Philosophy, Haj-Yahya is the the Evjue-Bascom Professor in Humanities, and the Weinstein- Co-Director of the Bascom Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His books include Menasseh ben Israel: Arab-Jewish Relations Rabbi of Amsterdam; The Philosopher, the Priest, and Program at the Israel the Painter: A Portrait of Descartes; Spinoza: A Life; and Democracy Institute. more. With his son, Ben Nadler, he produced the graphic Her areas of expertise book Heretics!: The Wondrous (and Dangerous) Beginnings of Modern and focus include the socioeconomic Philosophy. profile of young Arab men and Allan Nadler is Wallerstein Professor Emeritus at Drew women; the integration of Arabs into University. He is the author of Faith of the Mithnagdim: higher education and the job market; Rabbinic Responses to Hasidic Rapture and The Hasidim in and proper representation of Arabs America. An ordained rabbi, Dr. Nadler served the Charles in the civil service and decision- River Park Synagogue in Boston and Congregation Shaar making processes. Hashomayim in Westmount (Montreal), and was also the Co-sponsored by the Center for Director of YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Jewish Learning and the Jewish All sessions moderated by Cantor-Rabbi Ron Eichaker. Community Relations Council Co-sponsored by United Hebrew Congregation, Temple Israel, and the Center Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex for Jewish Learning This program is generously funded by the Ruzena and Fred Levy Speaker Fund of United Hebrew Congregation and the Center for Jewish Learning’s Sh’ma: Listen! Speaker Series.

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For further information, visit the Sh’ma: Listen! page at JFedSTL.org/SpeakersSeries, or contact Cyndee Levy at [email protected] or 314-442-3754. DAVID PELCOVITZ AVI WEISS | Thu, Mar 28, 7 pm Sun, Apr 7, 7 pm Rabbi Avi Weiss is Rabbi in Residence of Boniuk-Tanzman Memorial Lecture on the Bayit, Founding President of Yeshivat Medical Ethics Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School (YCT), Dr. David Pelcovitz holds and Founder of Yeshivat Maharat. He is the the Gwendolyn and Joseph National President of the AMCHA – Straus Chair in Psychology and Coalition for Jewish Concerns, a grassroots Education at Yeshiva University’s organization that speaks out for Jewish causes Azrieli Graduate School, where he throughout the world. He is the author of Women at also teaches courses in pastoral Prayer: A Halakhic Analysis of Women’s Prayer Groups psychology. Dr. Pelcovitz will and Principles of Spiritual Activism. speak on “Identifying Depression Co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Learning and the and Anxiety: Jewish and Jewish Community Relations Council Psychological Perspectives.” Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex Rabbi Weiss will be the scholar-in-residence at Traditional Congregation, March 29-30, and will present Co-sponsored by The John C. Danforth Center on at Bais Abraham on Saturday night, March 30. Religion and Politics and the Center for Jewish Learning J.J. GOLDBERG | Tue, Mar 5, 7 pm J.J. Goldberg, Editor at Large, was The Forward’s Editor-in-Chief from 2000-2007. He previously served as a syndicated JOY LADIN | Wed, June 19, 7 pm columnist, U.S. Bureau Chief of The Dr. Joy Ladin holds the David and Ruth Jerusalem Report, Managing Editor and New Gottesman Chair in English at Stern College York Bureau Chief of The Forward, Managing for Women of Yeshiva University. She is the Editor of the New York Jewish Week, Editor of the magazine first openly transgender professor at an Jewish Frontier, and Metro Reporter for the Los Angeles Orthodox Jewish institution. She is a widely Hebrew-language newsweekly HaMevaker. published essayist, poet, and the author of 11 Location: Congregation Shaare Emeth, books, including the recently published The Soul of a Stranger: 11645 Ladue Rd., 63141 Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective. She Co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Learning and has a Ph.D. in American Literature from Princeton University, Congregation Shaare Emeth and is a nationally recognized speaker on transgender issues, featured on programs including “On Being with Krista Tippett.” Location: Kaplan Feldman Complex

10 COURSES BY DAY OF WEEK REGISTRATION INFORMATION Online registration is preferred at SUNDAY JFedSTL.org/Adult-Education. Screening of St. Louis Stories: The Jewish Americans You may also pay in person or by mail with a check made Seeing Ourselves Out of Egypt: An Art and out to the Jewish Federation of St. Louis. Text Workshop Center for Jewish Learning MONDAY Jewish Federation of St. Louis Intermediate Biblical Hebrew 12 Millstone Campus Drive Conversational Hebrew St. Louis, MO 63146 A Bride for One Night: Talmud Tales Or call Kathy Schmeltz, Resource Assistant, at 314-442-3761. TUESDAY Philosophy Roundtable on Philo Please have the course number available. Searching for Meaning Lunch and Learn For scholarship information, call or email Rabbi Tracy The Book of Isaiah: Its Impact and Influence on Jewish Tradition Nathan at 314-442-3757 or [email protected]. Mussar Study and Practice See online course guide for full list of dates for classes Builders Beit Midrash: Talmud and Liberation and faculty bios. (at MaTovu) Postponement/Cancellation WEDNESDAY The decision to run a class is based on the number Contemporary Jewish Writers of students enrolled. You will be notified if a class is Jewish Sexual Ethics: Unexpected Texts cancelled, and full refunds will be issued for classes Boycotts and the Jews cancelled by CJL. If you are planning to attend a class, please register so that we know there are enough THURSDAY students to run the class. If you are not certain the class Vayikra (Leviticus): A Call to Holiness/Melton is a good fit, call Rabbi Tracy Nathan at 314-442-3757 for Beginning Hebrew: Aleph-Bet and Beyond further information. A Palace of Pearls: The Stories of Rabbi Nachman Classes are held at the Kaplan Feldman Complex/Jewish Federation of St. Louis, 12 Millstone Campus Drive, Israel Scholars Program (JSU) 63146, unless otherwise noted.

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