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St. Louis bar mitzvah serves as a bridge between Jews and Hebrew Israelites

By Andrew Esensten, Special to the Jewish Light • Published November 26, 2023

As a boy growing up in Israel, Dor Tsadik Osher didn’t think much about having a bar mitzvah. He and his family belong to the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem, a spiritual community based in...

What is Neturei Karta, the Orthodox group at many pro-Palestinian protests?

By Mira Fox, The Forward • Published November 26, 2023

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Photos of pro-Palestine rallies in the U.S. since the outbreak of the...

17 additional hostages released by Hamas

BY BEN SALES, JTA • Published November 26, 2023

(JTA) — Hamas has released 17 more hostages — 14 Israelis, including one U.S. citizen, and three foreign nationals — to the Red Cross as part of its agreement with Israel to pause the fighting in...

13 Israeli hostages released after 7 weeks in Hamas captivity

Jewish News Syndicate • Published November 24, 2023

Thirteen Israeli hostages were released on Friday as part of a ceasefire deal, 49 days after Hamas terrorists kidnapped them and some 230 others during the Oct. 7 massacre of 1,200 people in the northwestern...

Illinois tax credit program for private schools set to end, upsetting Jewish educators

By Andrew Lapin, JTA • Published November 22, 2023

(JTA) – For the last five years, thousands of Jewish children in Illinois and their families have taken advantage of a state program that lets them defray the cost of private Jewish schools. Now,...

Israel approves deal with Hamas to free at least 50 hostages in exchange for pause in fighting

Published November 21, 2023

(JTA) — Following six weeks of fighting, Israel’s government has agreed to a deal with Hamas that will free about 50 of the hundreds of hostages that Hamas took in its Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Most...

13 books to help you and others understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

By Naama Barak, Israel 21c • Published November 21, 2023

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has the dubious honor of being the highest-profile conflict in the world, and the war now waging between Israel and Hamas means it is getting more headlines than ever before. But...

NBC cuts ties with freelancer who glorified Oct. 7 Hamas massacre

Published November 21, 2023

Israeli police arrested Marvat Azzeh, an NBC News freelance journalist in Jerusalem, last week for glorifying Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre of 1,200 people in Israel. The network subsequently cut ties with...

NHBZ to celebrate its 118th anniversary dinner

Published November 21, 2023

Nusach Hari B’nai Zion is hosting its 118th Anniversary Dinner on Sunday, Dec. 3 at the Clayton Plaza Hotel. Hors d’oevres will be served at 5:30 p.m., and the dinner and program will begin at 6:30...

From a 4-month courtship to a 73-year marriage

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-Chief • Published November 21, 2023

As regular readers may remember, I’m a sucker for a good love story. And I was pretty sure I had found one when over lunch earlier this month, my friend Dorothy Firestone happened to mention that she...

Former Lindbergh teacher says he was impersonated on Instagram

By Ryan Krull, Special To The Jewish Light • Published November 20, 2023

This story was originally published by the Riverfront Times and is published here with full permission. Read the original story here. A man who previously worked as a teacher at St. Louis area...

1993: Sen. Kit Bond honored with ADL Raskas Award

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer • Published November 20, 2023

The fact the Jewish Light was there in 1993 should not surprise anyone. We have been there and we are here now, but we need your support to ensure that we are here in the future. For...