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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.

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All content by Abigail Klein Leichman
This market stall in Machane Yehuda’s Agas (Pear) Street got a centennial facelift with portraits of the original house’s owners, Bachora and Meir Banai. Photo by Solomon Souza

Machane Yehuda Market celebrates centennial at a crossroads

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published August 17, 2023
CarobWay introduced its low-glycemic sweetener to the industry in gummy bears and energy bars. Photo courtesy of CarobWay

How to satisfy our sweet tooth with less sugar

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel 21c
Published August 9, 2023
Nir Distelfeld, inspector for the Israel Antiquities Authority, with the Crusader sword. Photo by Anastasia Shapiro, Israel Antiquities Authority

Sword that lay under Israeli waters for 800 years now has a story

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel 21C
Published July 30, 2023
Photo of Reichman University entrance by Amit Geron

Google, Meta launch programs at Israeli universities

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c.org
Published October 27, 2022

The unexpected story behind the shofar

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published September 19, 2022

Eating food with these 4 spices may help you lose weight

Abigail Klein Leichman, ISRAEL21c
Published July 11, 2022
Relations between India and Israel have flourished for 30 years. Photo courtesy of Israeli Embassy in India

Israel and India mark 30 years of deepening friendship

ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, Israel21c.org
Published May 19, 2022
Frank Sinatra visiting a kindergarten in Nazareth Illit, 1962. Photo by GPO

From Sinatra to J-Lo, 20 celebrities with unexpected connections to Israel

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published May 1, 2022
Travel + Leisure names Dead Sea #1 healing spot for 2022

Travel + Leisure names Dead Sea #1 healing spot for 2022

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published April 25, 2022

Israel’s second astronaut prepared for liftoff

ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, Israel21c.org
Published April 7, 2022
Golda Meir, reconsidered through a feminist lens

Golda Meir, reconsidered through a feminist lens

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published March 27, 2022

For Israelis, the outpouring of aid to Ukraine is personal

ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, Israel21c.org
Published March 10, 2022
Photo courtesy of BreezoMeter

3 Israeli companies make Cleantech Global Top 100

ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, Israel21c.org
Published February 24, 2022
Cars queuing at the Ukrainian-Polish border. Photo by Bumble Dee/Shutterstock

Israeli NGO sends aid to refugees pouring out of Ukraine

ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, Israel21c.org
Published February 24, 2022
Barnabas Szollos set a new Israeli record at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo by Wander Roberto via Israel Olympic Committee

Skier sets Israeli record at Beijing Olympics

ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, Israel21c.org
Published February 10, 2022
10 easy ways to reduce your carbon footprint in 2022

10 easy ways to reduce your carbon footprint in 2022

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c.org
Published January 10, 2022
Psychedelic substances from psilocybin “magic” mushrooms may be useful in pharmaceuticals. Photo by Alan Rockefeller via Wikimedia Commons

Israeli startup bringing psychedelics to your medicine cabinet

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published January 3, 2022

Israel begins world-first trial of 4th Covid vaccine dose

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published December 27, 2021
Israeli drone saves Pope Francis from threat

Israeli drone saves Pope Francis from threat

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published December 15, 2021
Asaf Yasur, Israel’s first para taekwondo world champion. Photo by Yair Glazer

Israeli double amputee, 19, wins World Para Taekwondo gold

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published December 13, 2021
What we know about Omicron and how to avoid getting it

What we know about Omicron and how to avoid getting it

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published December 2, 2021
Yoel Carasso, chairman of Carasso Motors and Prof. Marcelle Machluf, dean of the Technion Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering. Photo by Rami Sheloush/Technion Spokesperson’s Office

Israelis are masters of food innovation. Here’s why

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c.org
Published November 22, 2021
Uri Geller Museum: A (bent) spoonful of celebrity fun in Jaffa

Uri Geller Museum: A (bent) spoonful of celebrity fun in Jaffa

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published November 14, 2021

Israel welcomes individual tourists back into the country

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c.org
Published November 8, 2021
The University of Haifa’s Dr. Beverly Goodman examines soil layers exposed by the retreat of the Dead Sea. Photo by Hagai Nativ/Morris Kahn Marine Research Station of University of Haifa

20 Israelis leading the way out of the climate crisis

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c.org
Published November 8, 2021
Israeli data shows Pfizer booster 93% effective

Israeli data shows Pfizer booster 93% effective

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published November 1, 2021
Shilo Ben Zeev, left, with Emendo Biotherapeutics cofounder and CEO Dr. David Baram. Photo courtesy of Shilo Ben Zeev

How a bullied Jewish boy became a successful med-tech entrepreneur

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published October 27, 2021
Illustration of the Beresheet 2 Moon mission. Image courtesy of SpaceIL

Israel and UAE plan to fly to the Moon together

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published October 21, 2021
Healables CEO Moshe Lebowitz speaking to NBA coach and player Ed Pinckney. Photo courtesy of Healables

A wearable that soothes and heals at home

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published October 20, 2021
New Bnei Menashe immigrants kissing the ground after arriving in Israel on October 13, 2021. Photo by Laura Ben David/Shavei Israel

235 members of a lost tribe of Israel come home

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published October 20, 2021

What next for the Dead Sea?

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published October 19, 2021

Israeli study: Pfizer vaccine does wear off after 6 months

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published October 12, 2021
Dr. Karina Golberg, a researcher in Ben-Gurion University’s Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology. Photo by Dani Machlis/BGU

Artificial sweeteners may cause digestive disease and discomfort

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published October 10, 2021
Image by KTS Design via Shutterstock.com

A blood test that can identify recurrent cancer

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published September 30, 2021
Ravit Ram Bar-Dea, CEO of Well-Beat. Credit: Vladimir Askin.

Israel sending finalist to entrepreneur contest in Dubai

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21C
Published September 27, 2021
Students at a secular high school with haredi visitors from the unity project of Be a Mensch Foundation. Photo courtesy of Be a Mensch Foundation

Religious and secular Israeli teens find common ground

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21C
Published September 27, 2021
A cooperation workshop for Jewish and Arab teens the Israel Circus School, Kfar Yehoshua. Photo courtesy of A New Way

Encounters that fight bias among Israeli Jewish and Arab kids

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published September 22, 2021
Israeli study suggests booster vaccine highly effective

Israeli study suggests booster vaccine highly effective

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published September 19, 2021
IsraAID’s Dana Yaari and Ben Katzir readying a distribution of essential items following the Haiti earthquake. Photo by Phalonne Pierre-Louis

The Israeli changing lives in quake-torn Haiti

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published September 1, 2021
Pomegranates in Shuk HaCarmel, Tel Aviv, June 2, 2019. Photo by Anna Wachspress

10 great reasons to love the pomegranate

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published August 31, 2021
Immune system illustration by Peter Schreiber Media via Shutterstock.com

New drug candidate could boost potential of immunotherapy

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published August 30, 2021
Ben Rosenberg will let his organic farm rest during the sabbatical year. Photo courtesy of Ben’s Farm

Why Israeli farmers are giving their land a year’s rest

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published August 26, 2021
Israeli Paralympic swimmer Iyad Shalabi with his gold medal. Photo by Keren Isaacson/IPC

Paralympic swimmer Iyad Shalabi wins gold for Israel

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published August 25, 2021
Put yourself in Hugh Jackman’s new film ‘Reminiscence’

Put yourself in Hugh Jackman’s new film ‘Reminiscence’

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published August 22, 2021
Dr. Reem Dowery, left, and Prof. Doron Melamed. Photo courtesy of Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Study reveals why elderly at more risk from Covid-19

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published August 19, 2021
A patient recovering after receiving Prof. Nadir Arber’s experimental EXO-CD24 Covid-19 treatment. Photo courtesy of Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Interest growing in 3 experimental Israeli Covid treatments

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published August 17, 2021
Has Israel just found the cure for Covid?

Has Israel just found the cure for Covid?

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21C
Published August 16, 2021
Linoy Ashram

Linoy Ashram snags gold for Israel, Russia “outraged”

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published August 8, 2021
Covid and Pfizer: What has Israel discovered so far?

Covid and Pfizer: What has Israel discovered so far?

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published August 3, 2021
Redefine Lamb Kebab, a juicy minced alt-meat product for the most common street-food dish from the Middle East to India. Photo courtesy of Redefine Meat

Sausage, kebab, ground beef without meat debut in Israel, US coming soon

Abigail Klein Leichman, ISRAEL21C
Published August 3, 2021
The Israeli delegation to the Tokyo Olympics. Photo by Amit Shissel/Israel Olympic Committee

Early triumph, string of defeats for Team Israel so far

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published July 28, 2021
Avishag Semberg with her bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Photo courtesy of Israel Olympic Committee

Israel’s Avishag Semberg wins bronze in taekwondo

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published July 27, 2021
Photo by Omar Prestwich on Unsplash

Top 10 post-pandemic tech trends

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published July 27, 2021
Bridge players at an international tournament. Photo courtesy of the Israeli Bridge Association

New study shows playing bridge is mood-booster and stressbuster

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published July 19, 2021
Israel closer to 2nd moon mission

Israel closer to 2nd moon mission

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published July 14, 2021
DC Prof. Amir Amedi with a simulation of a soundscape that conveys geometric information enabling the brain to “see” without vision. Photo courtesy of Amir Amedi

Blind Israeli man’s brain learns to ‘see’ through his ears

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published July 13, 2021
Ela Goldman’s spinning and resting tops carry fluorescent molecules to illustrate Prof. Dror Fixler's experiments using gold nanoparticles to detect disease. Photo by Michael Amar

Israel opens dazzling new and unique art museum

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published July 8, 2021
Image by Thomas Breher from Pixabay

How Israeli technology is helping Americans afford healthcare

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published July 4, 2021
Members of the Israel Defense Forces’ Home Front Command assisting in difficult search-and-rescue efforts in Surfside, Florida. Photo courtesy of IDF

Israelis fight despair while aiding survivors, rescuers in Florida calamity

Abigail Klein Leichman, ISRAEL21C
Published June 29, 2021
Israeli aid groups rush to Florida building collapse site

Israeli aid groups rush to Florida building collapse site

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21C
Published June 27, 2021
Meet the amazing Israeli foster mom to 217 babies

Meet the amazing Israeli foster mom to 217 babies

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published June 21, 2021
Danielle Wolfson, the first Israeli woman to reach the peak of Mount Everest. Photo courtesy of Danielle Wolfson

How chutzpah beat death at the peak of Mount Everest

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published June 21, 2021
The Nimble machine does your nails at home, automatically. Photo courtesy of Nimble

Israeli man invents nail polish robot that paints and dries in 10 minutes per hand

Abigail Klein Leichman, ISRAEL21C
Published June 14, 2021
9 firsts you should know about Israel’s new government

9 firsts you should know about Israel’s new government

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
Published June 14, 2021
Tel Aviv skyscraper wins international design award

Tel Aviv skyscraper wins international design award

ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, ISRAEL21c
Published June 7, 2021
A natural supplement to lower cholesterol may ease anxiety

A natural supplement to lower cholesterol may ease anxiety

ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, ISRAEL21c
Published June 7, 2021
Mulberry gazoz from Café Levinsky 41. Excerpted from “Gazoz” by Benny Briga and Adeena Sussman (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2021. Photograph by Dan Perez

How to make Tel Aviv-style gazoz drinks by the book

ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, ISRAEL21c
Published June 1, 2021
“Shomeret” (Watchwoman) by Haya Graetz Ran. Photo by Boaz Lanir

New museum to showcase the women who helped build Israel

Abigail Klein Leichman, ISRAEL21C
Published May 30, 2021
Nerivio by Theranica

Israeli invention offering hope for migraine sufferers

ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, ISRAEL21C
Published May 28, 2021
Sadness turns to resolve and optimism after Acre violence

Sadness turns to resolve and optimism after Acre violence

ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, THE FORWARD
Published May 27, 2021
Hadassah's Kidney Transplantation Service Chief Dr. Abed Khalaileh with Randa Aweis, the Christian Arab recipient of Yigal Yehoshua’s kidney. Photo by David Z. Harris/HWZOA

Arab woman receives kidney from a Jew killed in Lod

ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, ISRAEL21C
Published May 20, 2021

Israeli president opens his official residence to citizens under fire

ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, ISRAEL21C
Published May 11, 2021
Israeli company has cool green way to upcycle millions of old tires

Israeli company has cool green way to upcycle millions of old tires

ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, ISRAEL21C
Published May 5, 2021
Skin cancer diagnosis is about to undergo a revolution thanks to Israeli doctor

Skin cancer diagnosis is about to undergo a revolution thanks to Israeli doctor

ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN, ISRAEL21c.org
Published May 3, 2021
Maher Ibrahim, head nurse on Emek Medical Center’s Covid ward. Photo courtesy of Emek Medical Center

Israel honors Muslim nurse who recites Hebrew prayer for dying Jewish patient

Abigail Klein Leichman
Published April 26, 2021
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