WASHINGTON, D.C. (JTA) — For months, President Joe Biden has asked for — and Congress has debated — sending wartime foreign aid to Israel as it battles Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The bill currently on the table, passed in a bipartisan...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published February 14, 2024
In a heartwarming story of generosity and life-saving intervention, former St. Louisan Dr. Irvin Pretsky’s gift to Israel has resulted in four new lives being brought into the world under unique circumstances.
In 2022, Pretsky, 88, an anesthesiology...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Since Oct. 7, a growing number of Democrats have called for a ceasefire in Gaza, harshly criticized Israel or refused to send it more money.
But increasingly over the past few weeks, when both chambers of Congress...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published February 13, 2024
Following the events of Oct. 7th, misinformation and denial have proliferated, particularly on college campuses across the nation. The "Faces of October Seventh" project was created to combat this by bringing first-hand testimonies of what happened on...
When Alon Fishman visited Israel in early January on a group trip, it wasn’t his first time in the country. But Fishman, 23, had never seen Israel like this before.
When his Birthright Israel group arrived at the Western Wall, they found it uncharacteristically...
Cindy Greenberg, JTA
• Published February 13, 2024
It’s not hard to feel a sense of despair in these extraordinarily difficult times for Jews in Israel and around the world following the horrors of Oct. 7, the upsurge in antisemitism close to home, and the continuing loss of human life.
In times...
(JTA) — The Israeli military has rescued two hostages in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, the second such rescue since Hamas took hundreds of Israelis captive on Oct. 7.
The overnight rescue operation, which was announced in the early hours of Monday...
After more than 100 days of fighting since the Oct. 7 massacre, Hamas issued an official document, in Arabic and English, to appeal to international public opinion and try to correct its negative image.
A survey conducted by Dr. Irwin J. Mansdorf of...
An Israeli army reservist stumbled upon an ancient Assyrian scarab amulet while hiking in northern Israel’s Nahal Tabor Nature Reserve during a day off, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Wednesday.
“I received a two-day leave from the...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 7, 2024
Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, the Israeli economy has suffered, said Maor Elbaz-Starinsky, Consul General of Israel on his visit to St. Louis this week. During an event sponsored and convened by the Jewish Federation of St. Louis on Feb. 7, Elbaz-Starinsky...
Center for Israel Education, israeled.org
• Published January 31, 2024
Jan. 31, 1922 — Hebrew ‘Dybbuk’ Opens in Moscow
The Hebrew version of “The Dybbuk, or Between Two Worlds” begins its successful stage run at Moscow’s Habimah Theater. Written in Russian and then Yiddish by S. Ansky and translated into Hebrew...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A growing number of countries has suspended funding to the main United Nations agency aiding Palestinians in the wake of allegations that a number of its staffers were involved in Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre in Israel.
The U.N. Relief...
