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The Missouri State Capitol building on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024.

Antisemitism bill clears key hurdle in Jefferson City

By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished March 16, 2025

A proposed Missouri law guarding against discrimination and antisemitism in public schools has moved to the next step in the legislative process. HB 937 passed the Higher Education and Workforce Development...

State Rep. Ben Baker, R-Neosho, is the sponsor of House Bill 799, which would exempt cars from 2012 or later from inspection unless they have more than 150,000 miles on them.

Missouri House approves reducing personal property taxes, relaxing car inspections

By Evy Lewis, St. Louis Public Radio & River City Journalism FundPublished March 14, 2025

The Missouri House passed several bills Thursday, including one that will broadly loosen car inspection requirements and another that would reduce the values used to calculate personal property taxes. Both...

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18-year-old arrested in connection with racist graffiti at Affton schools

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 13, 2025

The St. Louis County Police Department announced Thursday that a suspect has been arrested in connection with the racist grafitti incidents at two Affton School District schools. The St. Louis County Prosecuting...

A Tesla logo is pictured on a car in the rain in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

Israel asks Tesla to bid on tender for top officials’ cars

Akiva Van Koningsveld, JNSPublished March 13, 2025

Israel has invited Tesla to submit a bid for an official government electric vehicle tender, a senior Israeli official told JNS. The decision to consider Tesla vehicles for top officials is part of an...

Children and their teachers and parents dressed up for Purim, some as Batman in honor of the slain Bibas brothers, at the Gabrieli Carmel School in Tel Aviv, March 13, 2025.(Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Children in Israel and beyond are dressing as Batman for Purim to honor the slain Bibas brothers

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished March 13, 2025

For over a year, an image of the Bibas family in Batman pajamas symbolized the global call for their return from captivity in Gaza. This Purim, children in Israel and beyond are dressing as Batman for...

Affton schools vandalized again—racist graffiti prompts outrage, police investigating

Affton schools vandalized again—racist graffiti prompts outrage, police investigating

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 12, 2025

For the second time in less than a week, a school in the Affton School District has been vandalized with racist graffiti, and police believe the two incidents may be connected. The latest act of vandalism...

St. Louis' Women With Chutzpah: Rosa Sonneschein

St. Louis’ Women With Chutzpah: Rosa Sonneschein

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 12, 2025

St. Louis' Women with Chutzpah, a new weekly feature, builds on our recent story about "Chutzpah Girls: 100 Tales of Daring Jewish Women" by Julie Silverstein and Tami Schlossberg Pruwer, which highlights...

A Palestine Teach-In and Rally was held at Jubilee Park in Clifton on June 6, 2021. Members of Neturei Karta International, a group of Jews united against Zionism praying for the speedy and peaceful dismantlement of the state of Israel, rally in support of Palestinians. Clifton Palestinianrally 002

Is anti-Zionism Antisemitic? 5 things to know before this powerful lecture at WashU

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 12, 2025

Ethan Katz, an associate professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley, is set to give a lecture, "Zionism and Anti-Zionism: Beyond the Polemics," on March 25 at Washington University...

Dr. Ryan C. Fields

Dr. Ryan Fields is heading to Rochester with all his impressive titles

Published March 11, 2025

The University of Rochester Medical Center has recruited Dr. Ryan C. Fields to chair its department of surgery beginning July 1. He will serve as the Seymour I. Schwartz Professor in Surgery, surgeon-in-chief...

The Great Schmear Debate: Why some flavors should be illegal

The Great Schmear Debate: Why some flavors should be illegal

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 11, 2025

Cream cheese isn’t just a spread—it’s a way of life. It’s so important that we once published an entire story about how cream cheese tells the story of Jews in America....

Or Garti takes a selfie with her campers at Camp Ben Frankel.

War weary kids find summer sanctuary near St. Louis, but will they get to return?

BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEFPublished March 11, 2025

Once again, Camp Ben Frankel is asking the St. Louis Jewish community for its help. Last summer, the camp launched an emergency fundraising campaign to try to bring up to 17 Israeli children affected...

A sign for customers shopping for eggs at Trader Joe’s hangs by the cartons in Merrick, New York, U.S., February 16, 2025.

Notes From A Jewish Mother: Eggsactly when did we all become old?

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish LightPublished March 11, 2025

Forgive my Jerry Seinfeld impersonation, but what is the deal with egg prices? I told my kids they can have a quiche or a college education. Pick one. Word has it the producers of “Wheel of Fortune”...

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