12166 Conway Road
St Louis, Missouri 63141
314.432.5877
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Andrew Goldfeder
Andrew Goldfeder is Temple Emanuel's Executive Director. Andrew spent over nine years with the St. Louis Holocaust Museum & Learning Center, where he served as their Manager of Programs and Logistics. In this senior role, Andrew organized and managed tours, coordinated community outreach and donor programs, managed scheduling, and built relationships and partnerships with volunteers, donors, and guests.
He is currently a community volunteer for the St. Louis Senior Olympics and "NORC” (Naturally Occurring Retirement Community).
Andrew grew up in Creve Coeur and graduated from Parkway North High School. He earned his undergraduate degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, and his Masters degree in non-profit organizational leadership & management from Webster University.
RABBI EDUCATOR
Janine C. Schloss
Rabbi Janine C. Schloss grew up in Palo Alto, California. She received her bachelor’s degree in religion from Princeton University and her master’s degree and rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR). She was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by HUC-JIR in 2018. As of 2021, Rabbi Janine also holds dual ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Assembly.
Following her rabbinic ordination, Rabbi Janine served for 12 years at Congregation Shaare Emeth in St. Louis (1993-2005), first as an Assistant/Associate Rabbi and then as their Director of Education. In 2005 Rabbi Janine moved to Seattle where she served as the Director of Education at Temple Beth Am for 14 years. From 2020 - 2022, Rabbi Schloss was the spiritual leader of Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Community in St. Louis, and from 2021-2022 worked as the Chaplaincy Coordinator at JFS of St. Louis.
Rabbi Janine is the Rabbinic Representative on the Board of Directors for the Jewish Federation of St. Louis and is a member of the Clergy Advisory Board for Access MO. She is the Immediate Past President of the St. Louis Rabbinical and Cantorial Association (STLRCA). As President of the STLRCA, she represented the Jewish community on the Cabinet of the Interfaith Partnership of Greater St. Louis, a role she had greatly enjoyed during her first term as President of the STLRCA from 2001-2003. Rabbi Janine found her work with the Interfaith Partnership so meaningful that she was able to extend her term as the ongoing Jewish representative and eventually became the Chairperson of the Cabinet from 2004-2005. Rabbi Janine has also served on the Board of Directors of organizations such as the St. Louis JCC, the JCRC of St. Louis, the St. Louis Jewish Light, the Rabbi Robert P. Jacobs Jewish Fund for Human Needs, and the Missouri Coalition for Reproductive Choice.
Rabbi Janine has two children, Rachel and Aaron, who are in their early 20s. When she is not at work, you can find her sipping a latte, reading a good book, or riding out at the stable.