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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

War In Israel

The Jewish community's focus shifted from mourning and shock, to advocating for the hostages. Some rallies demanded action from the international community with protests at the United Nations, Oct. 24, 2023. (Luke Tress)

Arbel Yehud, Agam Berger and Gadi Moses reportedly among 8 hostages to be released tomorrow

Published January 29, 2025

Hamas has reportedly informed Israel that it will free eight hostages tomorrow, including two Israeli women and an elderly Israeli man. The Israeli hostages reportedly to be released are civilians Arbel Yehud, 29, and Gadi Moses, 80, as well as soldier...

White House freezes $50m for ‘condoms in Gaza’

White House freezes $50m for ‘condoms in Gaza’

Andrew Bernard, JNSPublished January 28, 2025

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Tuesday that the Trump administration froze a $50 million federal disbursement for “condoms in Gaza.” The Office of Management and Budget and the newly-formed Department of Government Efficiency...

Palestinians walk along destroyed houses at the Shaboura area in the center of Rafah, days into the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, Jan 24, 2025.(Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa  via Getty Images)

Trump says he is pressing leaders of Arab nations to take in Gaza Palestinians

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished January 25, 2025

President Donald Trump says he has asked Jordan to accept Palestinians from Gaza and plans to press Egypt to do the same. Trump said he spoke to Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Saturday, five days after being inaugurated for his second term and six...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House,

Reversing Biden’s pause, Trump to deliver 2,000-pound bombs to Israel

Ben Sales, JTAPublished January 25, 2025

President Donald Trump will allow the delivery of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, removing a hold his predecessor, Joe Biden, had placed on the ordnance. The change comes during a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that Trump played a key role in brokering....

Mothers  of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza protest for their release outside the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, July 8, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Israeli hostages Daniela Gilboa, Liri Albag, Naama Levy and Karina Ariev slated to go free on Saturday

Ben Sales, JTAAPublished January 24, 2025

Hamas has published the names of the four hostages it will release on Saturday, the second group of captives to go free in the initial phase of the ceasefire that began this week. The four hostages expected to be released on Saturday are Daniela Gilboa,...

U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders on the first day of his second term, as Vice President JD Vance (center) looks on, Jan. 20, 2025. Credit: White House.

Trump: ‘Would be nice’ if Israel didn’t need to strike Iran

JNS StaffPublished January 24, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he hoped that Israel would not attack Iran’s nuclear faculties, but appeared to suggest that this was a possibility if the Islamic Republic does not accept a deal on its nuclear program. “We’ll have...

Elon Musk and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak with Sha’ar HaNegev Regional Council acting head Yossi Keren in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Nov. 27, 2023. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Netanyahu says Musk ‘falsely smeared,’ but NY officials, top Michigan legal officer say he hates Jews

JNS StaffPublished January 23, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Thursday that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, whom some are accusing of performing a Nazi salute at an inauguration celebration in Washington on Jan. 20, is “being falsely smeared.” “Elon...

Former president Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Madison Square Garden, New York, Oct. 27, 2024. (Peter W. Stevenson /The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump signs executive order to redesignate Houthis as terror group

JNS StaffPublished January 22, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday calling on the U.S. secretary of state to designate the Houthis as a terror group within the next 30 days. Trump designated the Iranian-backed group, which is also known as Ansar Allah,...

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Hamas not defeated, ‘think it’s a victory,’ Michael Oren tells PragerU

Alex Welz, JNSPublished January 22, 2025

The Hamas terror organization isn’t defeated, and in fact, “they think it’s a victory,” Michael Oren, a former Israeli ambassador to the United States, said in a video interview that PragerU, a conservative nonprofit, aired on Tuesday. The former...

US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025.

Trump says he is ‘not confident’ about Gaza ceasefire lasting

Ben Sales, JTAPublished January 21, 2025

(JTA) — President Donald Trump said he is “not confident” that the ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war will last, adding that the United States could help rebuild Gaza. Trump, sitting in the Oval Office, made the comments following his inauguration...

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

In inaugural address, Trump hails return of ‘the hostages in the Middle East’

Ben Sales, JTAPublished January 20, 2025

In his defiant return to office, President Donald Trump cast himself as a “peacemaker” and cited the release of “the hostages in the Middle East.” In a benediction following Trump’s second inaugural address, the president of Yeshiva University...

Israeli TV showed footage of three hostages exiting a Hamas vehicle as well as the families waiting for them in Israel, Jan. 19, 2024. (Screenshot)

Hostages Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher released as Israel-Hamas ceasefire sets in

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished January 19, 2025

(JTA) — Three women whom Hamas held hostage in Gaza for more than 470 days are returning to Israel as a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war went into effect on Sunday morning. The women were all alive and exited on their own from a Hamas vehicle, according...

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