Tag: Texting Tuesdays

Prayer Evolution: Exploring the Ways Prayers Have Changed

With Rabbi Rachel Bearman Join Shaare Emeth’s clergy in May as, together, we’ll use the wisdom of sacred Jewish texts and build a kehillah kedoshah that nurtures our minds, hearts, and souls. Different than a typical Torah study, these text-based discussions feature a new topic and teacher every week. Attend as many sessions as you are […]

The Newest Jewish Music

With Cantor Seth Warner Join Shaare Emeth’s clergy in May as, together, we’ll use the wisdom of sacred Jewish texts and build a kehillah kedoshah that nurtures our minds, hearts, and souls. Different than a typical Torah study, these text-based discussions feature a new topic and teacher every week. Attend as many sessions as you are […]

Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day) and How Jews Remember

Texting Tuesdays with Ziv Shalev and Rabbi Lori Levine Join our Shinshin Ziv and Rabbi Lori Levine to experience and learn more about the moving ceremonies around Israel for Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Remembrance Day for the Fallen Soldiers of the Wars of Israel and Victims of Terrorism. We will explore the importance of days of […]

Unexpected Reminders: Neighborhood Holocaust Memorials

Texting Tuesdays with Vera Emmons Vera Emmons will share little-known memorials to the Holocaust in neighborhoods she found in Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands, Europe. Hear the stories of how they were created and how they are maintained. Click Here to RSVP

Judaism is About Love: Session 2

Texting Tuesdays with Rabbi Andrea Goldstein Rabbi Goldstein will lead participants in a reflection and discussion of Rabbi Shai Held’s Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life. Copies of the book can be found at Shaare Emeth’s Rubin library or ordered through Amazon. This is the second of two sessions on this […]

Judaism is About Love: Session 1

Texting Tuesdays with Rabbi Andrea Goldstein Rabbi Goldstein will lead participants in a reflection and discussion of Rabbi Shai Held’s Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life. Copies of the book can be found at Shaare Emeth’s Rubin library or ordered through Amazon. This is the first of two sessions on this […]

From Shtetl to Stand-Up

Texting Tuesdays with Craig Neuman It’s apropos that this unique Texting Tuesday session occurs on April Fools Day! Join Shaare Emeth’s Executive Director, Craig Neuman, for an exploration of the evolution of Jewish humor. Click Here to RSVP

Flavors of Freedom

Texting Tuesdays: A Passover Culinary Journey Passover dessert cooking with Lorry Blath. Learn to make a new passover dessert! Click Here to RSVP

Reflections on Jewish Argentina

Texting Tuesdays with Cantor Warner From February 15-24, Cantor Warner and other cantors from the American Conference of Cantors led a musical Jewish heritage journey to Argentina. For this special Texting Tuesdays session, he’ll share highlights and insights from his trip. Click Here to RSVP

Jewish Models of Leadership

Texting Tuesdays with Rabbi Bearman From Moses to Queen Esther to RBG to Michael Twitty (a Jewish, Black, Southern, and gay chef and writer), we have thousands of models of what it means to be a Jewish leader. Join Rabbi Bearman and meet both well-known and unfamiliar Jewish leaders from our people’s history and present. […]

ABOUT

Leanne & Harvey Schneider

2026 Harris Frank Community Service Award Honorees

Harvey and Leanne Schneider have devoted their lives to strengthening both the Jewish and broader St. Louis communities through leadership, service, education, and a deep commitment to bringing people together.

A St. Louis native, Harvey Schneider attended local public schools before earning both his undergraduate business degree and law degree from Washington University in St. Louis. Following graduation, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he served as a trial attorney in the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. After five years of federal service, he returned to St. Louis and became a partner in private law practice. Over a legal career spanning more than five decades, Harvey represented family-owned businesses and private individuals in a wide range of business matters.

Harvey’s commitment to civic and Jewish communal life has been equally extensive. He has served as President of Congregation Shaare Emeth, the Interfaith Partnership of Greater St. Louis, the Central Agency for Jewish Education, the Little Symphony Concerts Association, and the Forever Young Club at the Missouri Athletic Club. In addition, he dedicated 26 years to public service on the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Town and Country, including three years as chairman.

After graduating from Washington University, Leanne Schneider spent a year studying in France. Upon her return to St. Louis, she became deeply involved in international student exchange programs, first with the Experiment in International Living and later with AFS, fostering cross-cultural understanding and lifelong connections among people of different backgrounds. This commitment to building bridges naturally extended to her involvement with the Interfaith Partnership of Greater St. Louis.

Leanne also taught French and Spanish at Brittany Junior High School before she and Harvey started their family. Throughout the years, she has shared her passion for education and community service by tutoring New Americans through the English Language School, serving on Congregation Shaare Emeth’s first Caring Committee, and volunteering as a reader with Ready Readers. Today, she continues to nurture her love of learning and literature through a book club that includes many members of Congregation Shaare Emeth.

Together, Harvey and Leanne have exemplified a lifetime of generosity, service, and leadership. Their dedication to education, interfaith understanding, civic engagement, and Jewish communal life has enriched countless lives throughout St. Louis. They are the proud parents of three children and grandparents of four, and their enduring legacy continues to inspire future generations.