ST. JAMES, Mo. — Just 90 minutes west of St. Louis, on a stretch of old Highway 66 running alongside I-44 on the way to Rolla, Mo, an Israeli flag flies outside a small Christian church where an Orthodox rabbi from Israel has quietly returned year...

  (JTA) — Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s finance minister and a minister in the Ministry of Defense, said on Tuesday that the International Criminal Court is seeking a warrant for his arrest and announced he would retaliate by clearing Palestinians...

    Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Jewish Democrat, told Politico magazine that it is wrong that opposition to policies of the Israeli government has bled into Jew-hatred. “Antisemitism has often been connected to people’s views...

  It keeps happening. Another St. Louis family. Another ambulance bound for Israel. The question now isn’t why. It’s how many more will follow. Since Oct. 7, 2023, that pattern has accelerated, with St. Louis donors increasingly...

In June 2023, Nadav Tamir, executive director of J Street Israel, visited St. Louis to share his philosophy of peace in the Middle East by finding common ground with Palestinians. Since that time, Hamas attacked Israel, followed by a long and brutal conflict...

More than 6,000 miles separate St. Louis from Israel, but that distance seemed invisible to the 200 community members who gathered to commemorate Yom Hazikaron (Israel’s Memorial Day) on April 20. The event at the Jewish Community Center paid tribute...

Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon have a message that can sound utterly preposterous as violence hardens as the main mode of communication between Israelis and Palestinians: The Future Is Peace, the title of their new book. They are dead serious — and...

  MEGIDDO, Israel -- The road into Megiddo runs past roads, fields and small villages in northern Israel. Low hills break up the farmland. On a bright day, it could be middle Missouri. It does not look like a place living under constant...

  This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Brad Lander, a Jewish Democrat running for Congress who has described himself as a liberal Zionist, has joined...

  (JTA) — U.S.-Iranian peace talks ended without a deal on Saturday and President Donald Trump announced a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, leaving the future of the current ceasefire in doubt. In Israel, which launched the war...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. To report this story, I interviewed Mahmoud Khalil, pored over his previous public comments and spoke with current...

  On March 26, a record-breaking 90-plus degree afternoon in St. Louis, about 50 people gathered under a small blue tent outside the Jewish Federation of St. Louis’ Kaplan Feldman Complex. They stood before a brand-new ambulance, ready to...