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At B'nai El, we engage our family in Jewish life by providing opportunities for spiritual

growth. These opportunities include a caring community, worship, study, and a

commitment to improving the world. Our congregational family offers a spectrum

of social, cultural and educational programs for pre-school children to adults.

We are located in the heart of the St. Louis Jewish Community. Founded in 1852,

B'nai El is a founding member of the Union for Reform Judaism.

Welcome to B'nai El Congregation!

B’nai El was honored to welcome nationally known scholar, speaker and author, Rabbi Herbert Bronstein to our bimah for the high holy days. Rabbi Bronstein is the Senior Scholar/Rabbi Emeritus of North Shore Congregation Israel, where he served as Senior Rabbi for 25 years, combining his vocation with community service, scholarship, writing, and teaching in synagogues and universities. He has been honored as the editor of a modern classic of Jewish liturgy, the Passover Haggadah of Reform Judaism, and Distinguished Alumnus award from the University of Cincinnati, “Alumnus of the Year,’ McMicken College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Chicago, and Hillels of Illinois for contributions to Jewish youth (2002)

He teaches a course in Religious and Ethical Perspectives on the Environment as well as History of Religions at Lake Forest College and has served on the Steering Committee of the Sierra Club Clean Air Project, as well as chairing the Environmental Initiatives Committee of the Chicago Board of Rabbis.

Rabbi Bronstein is active in the interfaith community and serves on the board of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions.

With all of his achievements, this truly inspirational scholar, a writer, and lecturer on the Jewish liturgy, we thank Rabbi Bronstein for sharing the high holy days with us.