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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen before a portrait of Theodor Herzl, known as the "Visionary of the Jewish State" and the founder of modern Zionism in Jerusalem on May 2, 2018.

Voting opens in election for World Zionist Congress, with future of Israel at stake

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTAPublished March 10, 2025

Voting opens Monday in an election that gives American Jews a rare chance to directly shape the future of Israel. The U.S. election for seats in the 39th World Zionist Congress will help determine the balance of power in the legislative authority of...

The skyline of Cincinnati (Getty Images); inset: Rabbi Ari Jun. (Courtesy)

Cincinnati rabbi disinvited from rally against Nazis over his support for Israel

Sam Fisher, Lonny Goldsmith, CincyJewfolkPublished March 7, 2025

A version of this story originally appeared on CincyJewfolk, an independent journalism and engagement site for Cincinnati’s Jewish community. When Rabbi Ari Jun learned that faith leaders were invited to speak at a rally in Cincinnati against neo-Nazis...

Actor and director Jesse Eisenberg speaks at a ceremony in New York City where he received Polish citizenship from Poland's president, Andrzej Duda, March 4, 2025. (Screenshot)

Jesse Eisenberg receives Polish citizenship after ‘A Real Pain,’ set in Poland, wins Oscar

Shira Li Bartov, JTAPublished March 7, 2025

(JTA) — An Oscar for “A Real Pain” wasn’t Jesse Eisenberg’s only win this week — he also received citizenship in Poland, where he filmed the movie about reckoning with one’s family’s Holocaust history. Polish president Andrzej Duda...

An egg shortage due to avian flu could put a crimp on Passover in 2025. (Illustration by Grace Yagel)

Passover requires tons of eggs. Amid the avian flu, what’s a Jew to do?

Rachel Ringler, JTAPublished March 7, 2025

This year, Rachel Levine is glad her family is heading to a Passover program in Arizona, departing from their tradition of hosting dozens for seders at their Manhattan home. It’s not the cooking, the cleanup, or the wear and tear on her home that...

A view of Columbia University's Low Memorial Library in New York, Sept. 25, 2019 (Josefin Dolsten)

Trump administration cancels $400M of grants to Columbia U over campus antisemitism

Ben Sales, JTAPublished March 7, 2025

The Trump administration has canceled $400 million worth of grants to Columbia University, following through on threats to pull funding from the school over objections to campus antisemitism. The grants came from the Department of Health and Human...

Basel Adra, left, and Yuval Abraham, winners of the best documentary feature award for "No Other Land," attend the 97th Annual Oscars Governors Ball on March 2, 2025, in Hollywood.  (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images)

Israeli officials are criticizing Oscar-winner “No Other Land.” So are Palestinian activists.

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished March 6, 2025

The BDS movement and Israel’s right-wing culture minister agree on one thing: “No Other Land,” the Israeli-Palestinian documentary that just won the Oscar for best documentary, is anathema. One says the movie is a smear on Israel. The other says...

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Trump posts ‘Shalom Hamas’ and says Gazans will be ‘DEAD’ if they keep holding hostages

Ben Sales, JTAPublished March 5, 2025

President Donald Trump posted a message that began “Shalom Hamas,” and proceeded to threaten the terror group with destruction if it did not release the nearly 60 hostages it still holds. “Shalom,” one of the most well-known Hebrew words, translates...

Adam Boehler, right, speaks during "Mornings With Maria" at Fox Business Network Studios, Oct. 23, 2024 in New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

US is holding unprecedented direct talks with Hamas over ending Gaza war

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished March 5, 2025

The White House has confirmed that U.S. officials are holding talks with Hamas representatives in an effort to negotiate an end to the Gaza war. Adam Boehler, the Trump administration’s hostage envoy, who is Jewish, met with Hamas officials in Doha,...

Morrie M. Mayer

Morrie M. Mayer

Published March 5, 2025

Morrie M. Mayer, August 17, 1946 – February 26, 2025 Our beloved father, Morrie M. Mayer, passed away peacefully in Heart to Heart Hospice House in Houston, Texas on February 26, 2025 at the age of 78. Morrie was born in Austria in 1946 to Ben...

Kingsley WIlson was recently appointed as deputy press secretary at the Pentagon. (X)

Pentagon official posted neo-Nazi talking point about Jewish lynching victim Leo Frank last year

Ben Sales, JTAPublished March 5, 2025

Kingsley Wilson, the deputy press secretary at the Pentagon, last year tweeted a neo-Nazi talking point about Jewish lynching victim Leo Frank. | RELATED: X briefly allows anti-Leo Frank ‘community note’ as antisemitism flares on the platform The...

Ruth C. Levin

Ruth C. Levin

Published March 5, 2025

Ruth C. Levin, March 1, 2025, in Lutz, Florida Beloved wife of the late Richard M. Levin. Dear mother of Jay Levin and Jill (Charles) Cotten. Loving grandmother of Kimberly (Benjamin) Pearse, Katherine Levin, Dr. David (Judy Lavi) Minnen and Rabbi...

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