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A young visitor to the Independence Hall museum in Tel Aviv.

WashU professor has new take on looking at Israel’s future

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished April 28, 2023

Demographic, cultural and political changes are reshaping Israeli society. As Israel begins its 75th year of existence, what some call judiciary reform is a coup d'etat for others. An agreed-upon plan...

Israel at 75: How Israel’s political crisis took center stage at a major American Jewish conference

Israel at 75: How Israel’s political crisis took center stage at a major American Jewish conference

BEN SALES, JTAPublished April 28, 2023

KIBBUTZ MAAGAN MICHAEL, Israel (JTA) — About a dozen Jewish leaders from North America and beyond clustered at the edges of a courtyard on this kibbutz by Israel’s northern coastline, standing silent...

Gabriel Ibitoye of the Tel-Aviv Heat during the Rugby Europe Super Cup on Oct. 16, 2021 in Tbilisi, Georgia. (Levan Verdzeuli/Getty Images)

Rugby’s governing body ruled that South Africa’s exclusion of Israel was not discrimination. The Israeli team is skeptical.

JACOB GURVIS, JTAPublished April 28, 2023

(JTA) — Rugby’s global governing body has determined that the South African Rugby Union’s decision to disinvite an Israeli team from an international competition last month was not discriminatory. But...

Paraguay’s election has implications for its Israeli embassy — and its relationship with Jerusalem

Paraguay’s election has implications for its Israeli embassy — and its relationship with Jerusalem

Jacob Kessler, JTAPublished April 28, 2023

(JTA) — The question of where countries keep their embassies in Israel has become a debate that perpetually attracts controversy around the globe. In Paraguay, ahead of a national election on Sunday,...

Meet St. Louis' Shinshinim

Meet St. Louis’ Shinshinim

ELLEN FUTTERMAN and BILL MOTCHANPublished April 28, 2023

Here are just a few things they’re going to miss when they return home to Israel in August: Chipotle’s, Trader Joe’s, sale shopping and all of St. Louis’ professional sports teams. “There’s...

Meet the St. Louis Shinshinim: Alma Cohen

Meet the St. Louis Shinshinim: Alma Cohen

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished April 28, 2023

A Shinshin is an Israeli emissary, usually 18 or 19 years old, who defers their army service for a year to volunteer in Jewish communities abroad to help educate people there about Israel and Israeli culture....

Photograph courtesy of Rabbi Daniel Bogard

This CRC rabbi won’t stop fighting for his trans child

By Lior Zaltzman, KvellerPublished April 28, 2023

When I called Rabbi Daniel Bogard at his home in St. Louis, Missouri last Saturday night, I apologized for sounding so tired. My toddler, I explained, is vehemently opposed to the idea of sleep, shrieking...

Guy Dobrin

Meet the St. Louis Shinshinim: Guy Dobrin

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished April 28, 2023

A Shinshin is an Israeli emissary, usually 18 or 19 years old, who defers their army service for a year to volunteer in Jewish communities abroad to help educate people there about Israel and Israeli culture....

Inbar Bloch

Meet the St. Louis Shinshinim: Inbar Bloch

Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish LightPublished April 28, 2023

A Shinshin is an Israeli emissary, usually 18 or 19 years old, who defers their army service for a year to volunteer in Jewish communities abroad to help educate people there about Israel and Israeli culture....

Meet the St. Louis Shinshinim: Inbar Bachar

Meet the St. Louis Shinshinim: Inbar Bachar

Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish LightPublished April 28, 2023

A Shinshin is an Israeli emissary, usually 18 or 19 years old, who defers their army service for a year to volunteer in Jewish communities abroad to help educate people there about Israel and Israeli culture....

Theodor Herzl is home with his parents and sister in 1873. Photo: National Photo Collection of Israel

This week in Israeli history: April 27-May 3

Center for Israel EducationPublished April 27, 2023

April 27, 1955 — Uzi Is Unveiled During Parade The Uzi submachine gun makes its public debut as an IDF weapon during a Yom HaAtzmaut parade. Named for its inventor, Uziel Gal, the Uzi was first used...

“Greetings from Mirowitz” Gala Set for May 7 

“Greetings from Mirowitz” Gala Set for May 7 

Published April 27, 2023

Those who attend “Greetings From Mirowitz” — the annual gala to benefit Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School — will have something to write home about on May 7. The event, which will celebrate...

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