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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

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

St. Louis Jewish Light

War In Israel

After Oct. 7, one Jewish St. Louisan decided to buy Israel an ambulance

After Oct. 7, one Jewish St. Louisan decided to buy Israel an ambulance

By Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished March 30, 2026

  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...

Galia Tamam holds a picture of her son Moshe, who was murdered by Palestinian terrorists in 1984. Photo by Yehoshua Yosef.

Terrorist who murdered IDF soldier walks free

By David Isaac, JNSPublished March 24, 2026

    Ibrahim Abu Mukh, the head of the terrorist cell that kidnapped and murdered IDF soldier Moshe Tamam in August 1984, was released from an Israeli prison on Monday. Abu Mukh, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of...

Daniel Dorfman, owner of Ayuni Pizza, has kept his restaurant open despite constant missile attacks from Hezbollah, March 2026. (Theia Chatelle)

He won’t leave: Life on Israel’s most dangerous border

Theia Chatelle, JTAPublished March 22, 2026

  (JTA) — METULA, Israel — Daniel Dorfman had only recently reopened his pizza restaurant in this kibbutz just hundreds of meters from Israel’s border with Lebanon when war broke out again. His Ayuni Pizza Bar had been closed since October...

The Jewish space lasers are real — well, kind of

The Jewish space lasers are real — well, kind of

By Mira Fox, The ForwardPublished March 2, 2026

  This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Everyone made fun of Marjorie Taylor Greene when she said that Rothschild-funded space lasers had...

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