The mission of St. Louis Hillel at Washington University is to enrich the lives of Jewish undergraduate and graduate students in St. Louis so that they may enrich the Jewish people and the world.

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Our students are planning a winter dance with residents of The Crown Center for Senior Living!  Their initial meeting was featured in this posting on www.jewishinstlouis.org.  The dance is scheduled for Wednesday, February 15 at 6pm! 

Taglit-Birthright Israel: Israel Outdoors – Summer 2012

If you are Jewish, age 18-26 and have never been on a “peer-group” trip to Israel, Hillel offers the best way for you to have the time of your life in Israel–for FREE!  For more information, email Rayna Schaff at rayna@stlouishillel.org and visit www.israeloutdoors.com.

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Denise Walsh, St. Louis Hillel Office Manager and Secretary/Treasurer to the Board, will receive the Dedication Award from JProStl at the 7^th Annual JProStl Recognition Luncheon on January 26, 2011.  Denise is receiving the award for her many years of tremendous service and dedication to St. Louis Hillel.

Check out the December 2011 issue of St. Louis Magazine featuring our own Rabbi Andy Kastner and Washington University Junior, Rachel Binstock!  The wonderful article is entitled, “Rabbi Andy Kastner’s Thought for Food.”  Check it out on-line here.

An article written by Rabbi Andy Kastner on the recent Sukkah City STL project he spearheaded is prominently featured in Washington University’s Family Ties newsletter that was sent out to Wash U parents today.  To read the article, click here, then click on any of the class years listed and scroll about halfway down the page!

Hillel’s staff offices have moved!
We have temporarily relocated to the Academy Building on Washington University’s campus. Our mailing address will remain 6300 Forsyth Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63105. If you are walking from Wash U’s main campus, we are located just over the Forest Park Parkway/Milbrook Boulevard overpass. If you are driving, the Academy Building is located at 310 Melville Ave., St. Louis, MO 63130.

St. Louis Magazine October 2011: Sukkah City STL “The Secular and the Sacred” (more)

Jewish in St. Louis: ‘Sukkah City’ Puts a Contemporary Twist On An Ancient Structure (more)

Student Life: Local Hillel offers free Shabbat dinners (more)