Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Musical acts will entertain all afternoon and into the evening.
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Wednesday, February 13
(For instant news updates follow Patch on Facebook and Twitter.) Information was provided by the communications staff of the Jewish Community Center in Creve Coeur. On Sunday, February 17 Jewish Rock Radio (JRR) and the St. Louis Jewish Community Center will host JRR RockFest, the first ever Jewish Rock Radio national music festival. JRR RockFest will feature top Jewish rock artists from across the U.S. performing from 3 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the St. Louis Jewish Community Center (JCC), Staenberg Family Complex, 2 Millstone Campus Drive in Creve Coeur. The festival is open to the public and will appeal to families, teens, and young adults. JRR RockFest will feature music sets of nationally touring Jewish music artists: Shira Klein, Jay …
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Three public Menorah celebrations will illuminate University City and Chesterfield for Chanukah.
Chabad centers in St. Louis have announced Show-Me-Chanukah, a program designed to maximize awareness of the upcoming Jewish holiday of Chanukah. The program includes three Menorah displays throughout the region, with a public celebration at each on different nights of the holiday. (For instant news updates follow Patch on Facebook and Twitter.) The displays and events aim to highlight the history and traditional observances of Chanukah, which begins this year after nightfall on Saturday, Dec. 8 and lasts for eight days. The Market Pub House, located at 6655 Delmar Blvd., will be the site of the first public Menorah lighting, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8. This event is sponsored by Chabad at Washington University. The program will include a …
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The holiest day of the year marks the start of a new year.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
This information is excerpted from the website About.Com.Judiasm. Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) is one of two Jewish High Holy Days. The first High Holy Day is Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year). Yom Kippur falls ten days after Rosh Hashanah on the 10th of Tishrei, which is a Hebrew month that correlates with September-October on the secular calendar. (Sign up here for the FREE Patch Newsletter, including Breaking News Alerts.) The purpose of Yom Kippur is to bring about reconciliation between people and between individuals and God. According to Jewish tradition, it is also the day when God decides the fate of each human being. Although Yom Kippur is an intense holiday it is nevertheless viewed as a happy day. Why? Because if one has…
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8:58 am on Tuesday, September 25, 2012
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