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St. Louis Jewish Light

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

Henry Nathan Deutsch

Henry Nathan Deutsch

Published July 3, 2024

Henry Nathan Deutsch, July 1st, 2024. Beloved son of David and Beth Deutsch; dear brother of Marcus and Audrey Deutsch. Dear grandson of Jack and Ellen Deutsch and the (late) David and Sina Beil. Dear nephew, cousin and friend to many. From the time...

OPERATION ISRAEL volunteers ship gear from Newark Liberty International Airport, last week.
(photo credit: ADI VAXMAN)

New regulations hinder donations of gear to Israeli soldiers, charities say

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTAPublished July 2, 2024

(JTA) — Dozens of Israeli and American nonprofits are protesting new government regulations that, they say, have forced them to halt the flow of donated gear for Israeli soldiers. In response, a government official has vowed to address the problem. The...

176 gravestones were knocked over in two Jewish cemeteries in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 1, 2024.

176 Jewish gravestones vandalized at 2 Cincinnati cemeteries

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished July 2, 2024

(JTA) — Vandals in Cincinnati damaged or knocked over 176 gravestones at two historic Jewish cemeteries over the course of the past week. A joint statement from the local Jewish federation, Jewish Community Relations Council and Jewish Cemeteries...

Rep. Cori Bush, a Missouri Democrat, joins university union representatives and  other lawmakers at a press conference to advocate for the protection of free speech on campuses, at the U.S. Capitol, May 23, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Pro-Israel donors pivot focus to unseat Cori Bush in Missouri

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished July 2, 2024

WASHINGTON — Less than two days after AIPAC spent $14 million in a successful bid to send Rep. Jamaal Bowman packing in New York, the pro-Israel powerhouse texted a message to its followers: Their next target is Missouri Rep. Cori Bush. “On Tuesday...

Scott Jablonow

Scott Jablonow

Published July 2, 2024

Scott Jablonow, a beloved son, brother, and father, passed away peacefully on June 14, 2024. Born in Clayton, MO, he excelled in sports at Clayton High School. Scott worked with his father, Louis, and uncle Julian at their family-owned Mid-America Theaters....

A view of a ripped Israeli flag following the deadly attack by Islamist Hamas militants on Kibbutz Nir Oz, Oct. 19, 2023. (Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images)

ADL joins with legal powerhouse to seek compensation for U.S. victims of Oct. 7 massacres

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished July 1, 2024

WASHINGTON — The Anti-Defamation League’s legal team is joining with a top-ranked American legal firm to seek compensation for U.S. victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacres in Israel. Theirs will be the latest of multiple lawsuits in the United States...

Family members of Hamas hostages lead a crowd at a rally in Central Park, March 10, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Nearly half of Americans see antisemitism as a ‘very serious problem,’ poll finds

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished July 1, 2024

More than one in 10 American Jewish adults say they were frequently “treated poorly or harassed” due to their religion over the past year, according to a new Gallup poll. An additional 25% said such treatment happened occasionally. A majority of...

Yael Jaffe, a member of Hadar's first cohort of rabbinic ordinees, learns in the New York beit midrash, or study hall, of the Jewish learning and programming center. (Courtesy Hadar)

Hadar’s new plan has it minting rabbis, opening synagogues and sending teens to Israel. Is it a denomination now?

Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAPublished July 1, 2024

When the group that would become the Hadar Institute launched in 2006 with a study hall in a rented space on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, it aimed to combine two things that, outside of a few rabbinical schools, were rarely found in the same place:...

Alan Abrams

Alan Abrams

Published June 30, 2024

Alan Abrams passed away in Nevada on June 26, 2024 of pancreatic cancer. He had been in hospice care for a month and died surrounded by his loving family, including his loving “best wife in the world” Susan Brown and his younger brother Ken. Alan...

A carving of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments on the facade of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. Proponents of public displays of the decalogue say it has historical, not just religious, significance. (Steve Petteway/Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States)

The 10 Commandments, Christian nationalism and the Jewish future of church and state

Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTAPublished June 30, 2024

One week after Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed legislation requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom in the state, nine families — including three Jewish families — filed suit in federal court saying the law was...

 President of the United States Joe Biden and Former President Donald Trump participate in the first Presidential Debate at CNN Studios in Atlanta, June 27, 2024. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump calls Biden ‘a very bad Palestinian’ as Israel, antisemitism feature in a disjointed debate

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished June 27, 2024

Joe Biden and Donald Trump rambled and jabbed each other with insults in a debate that included exchanges about Israel’s war with Hamas and neo-Nazi violence. The debate in Atlanta Thursday night, moderated by CNN’s Dana Bash and Jake Tapper, was...

Portrait of Rabbi Josef Davidson

D’var Torah: We are equipped to resist fear, face challenges of tomorrow

RABBI JOSEF DAVIDSONPublished June 27, 2024

Despite the miraculous journey on which the people had been traveling, when faced with deciding on whether to continue going forward, the people were afraid. They looked back on the halcyon days when a strong authority figure determined the...

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