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

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All content by Asaf Elia-Shalev
Photographs of converts by Caitlin OHara, collage design by Mollie Suss.

The New Jews of Show Low, Arizona: How a pastor parted with Jesus and led his congregation to Judaism

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTA
Published September 27, 2023
Feb 13, 2022; Inglewood, CA, USA; Rapper/recording artist Kanye West during the Cincinnati Bengals game against the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium.

Meta’s Oversight Board urges improved distinction between hate speech and criticism of hate speech

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTA
Published September 13, 2023
Then the director of the Israel Museum, James Snyder appears at the Rockefeller Museum during a press conference about thirty years of archaeological excavations in Ashkelon which culminated in the discovery of the first Philistine cemetery ever found in Jerusalem, Israel, July 10, 2016. (Photo: Dan Porges/Getty Images)

New York’s Jewish Museum taps former Israel Museum head James Snyder as its next director

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTA
Published August 14, 2023
Tel Aviv Museum of Art (Francesco Russo/View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Tel Aviv art museum implicated in ‘conflict of interest’ involving Nazi-linked jewelry auction

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTA
Published June 28, 2023
Matthew Dallek of George Washington University

The historian who uncovered the ADL’s secret plot against the far-right John Birch Society

Asaf Elia-Shalev
Published May 11, 2023
Children light candles as part of their lessons at Yachad Religious School in Oak Park Michigan. (Courtesy of Yachad)

Hebrew school enrollment across US down by nearly half since 2006, report says

Asaf Elia-Shalev
Published April 19, 2023
(JTA illustration)

Inside the auction house driving the rare-book craze in the Orthodox world

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTA
Published March 22, 2023
An academic paper found that a dedicated group has for some 15 years manipulated Wikipedia in ways that lay blame for the Holocaust on Jews and absolve Poland of almost any responsibility for its record of antisemitism. (JTA illustration)

Wikipedia’s ‘Supreme Court’ tackles alleged conspiracy to distort articles on Holocaust

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTA
Published February 28, 2023
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg attend the 2020 Breakthrough Prize Red Carpet at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California on Nov. 3, 2019 (Ian Tuttle/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize).

Half of America’s 25 most generous philanthropists are Jews. Few give much to Jewish causes.

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTA
Published January 25, 2023

Christian churches are urged to act against antisemitism, including by scrutinizing their own practices

ASAF ELIA-SHALEV , JTA
Published December 18, 2022

Kanye says Trump “really impressed” with prominent antisemite Nick Fuentes after dinner at Mar-a-Lago

ASAF ELIA-SHALEV , JTA
Published November 26, 2022

Prosecutors charge New Jersey teen threatened synagogue in Islamist manifesto

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTA
Published November 10, 2022

Sales of antisemitic film promoted by Kyrie Irving skyrocket, Amazon under pressure to remove it

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTA
Published November 7, 2022
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