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Asher Moskowitz, a volunteer first responder, describes seeing the body of a baby who was burnt in an oven on Oct. 7. (Screenshot)

An Israeli first responder recalls tending to the body of a baby burnt in an oven

Ben Sales, JTAPublished October 31, 2023

(JTA) — It was on the fourth day of the war between Israel and Hamas, Asher Moskowitz recalled, that he saw the baby among the corpses at Camp Shura. Moskowitz had come to Shura, a military base near...

Arrest made over threats to kill Jews at Cornell University

Arrest made over threats to kill Jews at Cornell University

Published October 31, 2023

(New York Jewish Week) — Police have taken a suspect into custody over threats to kill Jewish students at Cornell University over the weekend, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office said Tuesday as her office...

Darla Contois and Lisa Edelstein

Why you need to watch the Jewish story of ‘Little’ Bird’ this week on Nine PBS

Shira Li Bartov, JTAPublished October 31, 2023

"Little Bird," a new miniseries that will debut to St. Louis audiences on Thursday, November 2 on Nine PBS at 9 p.m., tells the powerful story of a Jewish woman named Esther Rosenblum. The six-part series,...

Your guide to the 2023 St. Louis Jewish Book Festival

Your guide to the 2023 St. Louis Jewish Book Festival

Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish LightPublished October 31, 2023

Book lovers, get ready. The St. Louis Jewish Book Festival is back, Nov. 5-19, every day except Saturday, Nov. 18. The annual St. Louis Jewish Book Festival is a nationally recognized event, now in its...

A rally at Tulane University in New Orleans got violent after a pro-Palestinian support hit a Jewish student in the face, Oct. 26, 2023.

‘They broke my nose,’ Jewish Tulane student says of anti-Israel protesters

David Swindle, Jewish News SyndicatePublished October 30, 2023

Anti-Israel protesters assaulted multiple people at Tulane University in New Orleans on Oct. 26, the most serious being after Jewish students at a rally responded to those aboard a truck who attempted...

How buying Israeli wine can help relief efforts and Israel's wine industry

How buying Israeli wine can help relief efforts and Israel’s wine industry

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished October 30, 2023

The ancient world of wine in Israel, widely regarded as one of the oldest wine-producing regions, has historically symbolized peace and goodwill. However, the sudden attack by Hamas terrorists on Oct....

A demonstrator holds a sign at a rally in support of Israel in Los Angeles on Oct. 10, 2023.

Why Jews feel that people who criticize Israel’s response are, or might be, antisemitic

Dov Waxman, University of California, Los AngelesPublished October 30, 2023

In the wake of the Hamas terror attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the Israeli military response, Jewish people in Israel and around the world have, at times, been posting on social media or otherwise...

Local middle schoolers unite to become future leaders with Jewish values

Local middle schoolers unite to become future leaders with Jewish values

By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished October 30, 2023

A group of 30 middle-school spent an afternoon learning about social change on Sunday, Oct. 29, at Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School. The Changemakers Unite Summit offered the fifth through eighth...

Ori Megidish, center, poses with her family after her rescue from the Gaza Strip, Oct. 30, 2023. (Israel Security Agency)

Israeli forces rescue kidnapped soldier

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished October 30, 2023

(JTA) — Israeli forces rescued an Israeli soldier from the Gaza Strip, the first such successful operation since Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, and the first since the terror group assumed control of...

Noya Dan, seen here in a Harry Potter costume, was murdered by Hamas alongside her grandmother Carmela on Oct. 7, 2023, in Kibbutz Nir Oz. (via X)

A young Harry Potter fan’s murder reverberates from Israel to Boston

Penny Schwartz, JTAPublished October 29, 2023

BOSTON (JTA) — Jason Greenberg remembers the lavish breakfast spreads Carmela Dan would serve when he and his family visited his great aunt at Kibbutz Nir Oz. He relished the shakshuka, salads and bread...

Terror victims arrive at the forensic center in the Shura military base near Ramle, where identification of the deceased and the work of Israel’s Jewish burial societies begins.

The painful, painstaking work of Israel’s Burial Societies

By Menachem Posner, Chabad.org/newsPublished October 29, 2023

Menachem Levy says he is “used to death.” A member of Tel Aviv’s chevra kadisha (“sacred society”), he is among a relatively small number of experts in Israel responsible for preparing tens...

An antisemitic mob at Makhachkala Uytash Airport in Russia's Dagestan Republic, Oct. 29, 2023. Source: Screenshot.

Flight from Israel diverted as Muslim mob storms airport in Dagestan

Published October 29, 2023

A flight from Tel Aviv to Russia's Dagestan Republic was forced to redirect on Sunday after pro-Hamas rioters stormed Makhachkala Uytash Airport, seeking to lynch Jewish travelers. Hundreds of people...

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