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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

Trump approved strikes on Iran but aborted them at the last minute when told of casualties

BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZPublished June 21, 2019

WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump approved military strikes on Iran in retaliation for downing an American surveillance drone, but held off on ordering them when he was told there would be multiple casualties.As late as 7 p.m. Thursday, military...

Anti-Semitic incidents in UK hit record high for 3rd straight year

BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZPublished February 7, 2019

(JTA) — The number of anti-Semitic incidents recorded in the United Kingdom rose to 1,652 in 2018, marking a new record for the third straight year.The cases recorded in the annual report of the Community Security Trust, or CST, which is British Jewry’s...

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein exits the first aliyah flight to Israel organized by the the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, December 2014. (Courtesy of IFCJ)

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, interfaith activist who raised $360 million in Christian donations for Israel, dies at 67

BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZPublished February 6, 2019

(JTA) — To the many employees and partners of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, who died Wednesday at the age of 67, he was a man of vision whose enormous drive to succeed both facilitated and complicated his relentless efforts on behalf of the Jewish people.As...

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