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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
All content by By Ben Sales
Left wing Israeli leader Yair Golan alongside protesters outside the home of U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, December 8, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Israeli left-wing leader Yair Golan doubles down after suggesting Israel ‘kills babies as a hobby’

By Ben Sales, JTA
Published May 20, 2025
Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham at the 97th Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Rich Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images)

‘No Other Land’ director reportedly beaten and arrested in West Bank

By Ben Sales, JTA
Published March 24, 2025

Holocaust revisionist featured on popular mainstream podcast and complains of ‘paranoid’ Jews

By Ben Sales, JTA
Published March 14, 2025
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.

Hamas says that it will delay next hostage release

By Ben Sales, JTA
Published February 10, 2025

US sending troops to Israel

By Ben Sales, JTA
Published October 13, 2024
Goldie Falafel, owned by Michael Solomonov, was the target of a pro-Palestinian protest in Philadelphia, Dec. 3, 2023. (Google Maps)

Pro-Palestinian protesters target falafel shop owned by Jewish celebrity chef

BY BEN SALES, JTA
Published December 4, 2023
Posters of Israeli hostages in New York City's Union Square subway station, October 16, 2023.

17 additional hostages released by Hamas

BY BEN SALES, JTA
Published November 26, 2023

5 winners and 4 losers from the historic treaty between Israel and the UAE

By Ben Sales
Published August 13, 2020

Bernie Sanders pushed the Democrats on Israel in 2016. Has he become the party’s mainstream?

By Ben Sales
Published February 19, 2019

No surprise: Experts disagree over what’s to blame for the widening partisan gap on Israel

By Ben Sales
Published January 26, 2018

Top 10 Rolling Stones Shavuot songs

By Ben Sales
Published April 3, 2014
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