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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.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Dr. Many Cohen. Credit: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

Biden taps Mandy Cohen as new director of CDC

JNSPublished June 19, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden said on June 16 that he intends to name Dr. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, as the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A congregant at the Conservative...

Archaeologists discovered this brass compass from the massacre of 35 Israeli soldiers in 1948, April 24, 2023. Photo by Yuli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities

Israeli archaeologists recover artifact from ‘The Battle of the 35’

JNSPublished April 25, 2023

(JNS) It’s easy for archaeologists to detach themselves from ancient finds, but the discovery of a brass compass from a massacre of 35 Israeli soldiers in 1948 left two researchers feeling like they received a “punch in the stomach.” The Israel...

Thousands of family and friends attend the funeral of Lucy Dee at the Gush Etzion Regional Cemetery in Kfar Etzion on April 11, 2023. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Thousands attend funeral Lucy Dee, mother of slain sisters, two days after their funerals

JNSPublished April 11, 2023

(JNS) Thousands gathered on Tuesday afternoon in Israel for the funeral of 48-year-old Lucy Dee, who died on April 10, days after being shot in the April 7 terror attack that also claimed the lives of two of her daughters: Maia, 20, and Rina, 15. “Lucy,...

IDF Artillery Corps seen firing into Gaza near the Israeli border on May 20, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

IDF strikes Hamas post in Gaza after explosive detonated near troops along border

JNSPublished March 8, 2023

(JNS) Israel Defense Forces tanks struck a Hamas post in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, after terrorists detonated an explosive device close to troops operating along the border. The attack occurred while troops were conducting routine maintenance...

ADL, BBYO youth group initiative to help youth tackle antisemitism

JNSPublished November 7, 2022
The League will train teenagers on how to respond to hate.

Kanye West: I’m targeted by ‘Jewish media mafia’

JNSPublished October 19, 2022

(October 19, 2022 / JNS) After sparking outrage following multiple anti-Semitic outbursts, Kanye West clashed with NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo when the musician continued to double down on his comments. In an interview Monday, West, who now goes...

Student at anti-Israel march on Illinois campus charged for rock-throwing

JNSPublished June 9, 2022

(June 9, 2022 / JNS) A student from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been charged with a hate crime for throwing a rock at a Jewish student in April during an anti-Israel march on campus. According to The News-Gazette, Sayed A. Quraishi,...

.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Israel-Palestinian Affairs Hady Amr arriving in Israel on May 14, 2021. Source: U.S. Embassy Jerusalem/Twitter.

US State Department officials visit Middle East hoping to reduce tensions

JNSPublished April 21, 2022

(JNS) The U.S. State Department announced on Tuesday that Acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert has flown to the Middle East and is scheduled to stay there through April 26. According to a news release, Lempert plans to meet...

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Education Minister Yifat Shasha Biton visit students at a school in Kfar Saba, Feb. 9, 2022.

Israel to lift indoor mask mandate

JNSPublished April 21, 2022

(JNS) Israel’s indoor mask mandate is to be lifted on April 23 at 8 p.m., pending approval by the Knesset Health Committee, Israel’s prime minister and health minister announced in a joint statement on Wednesday. The decision was made by Israeli...

Israeli police officers during clashes outside the Al Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalems Old City on April 17, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Right-wing politicians slam coalition over Jerusalem violence

JNSPublished April 18, 2022

(JNS) As violence continued in Jerusalem on Sunday, politicians expressed outrage and frustration at the Bennett-Lapid government. Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted: “We must not ignore that dozens of buses were targeted by rocks today...

Mint Chocolate matzo and other cool new ideas for Passover

Mint Chocolate matzo and other cool new ideas for Passover

JNSPublished April 11, 2022
Kayco Kosher debuts new lineup of products just in time for Passover 2022 from leading kosher brands like Manischewitz, Gefen, Heaven & Earth and Tuscanini.
Ben Ferencz, 103, prosecutor of Nuremberg trials with awarded with Medal of Freedom

Ben Ferencz, 103, prosecutor of Nuremberg trials with awarded with Medal of Freedom

JNSPublished April 9, 2022
Ben Ferencz, 103, said he has worked his whole life for “a more humane and peaceful world, where no one would be killed or persecuted because of his race or religion or his political beliefs.”
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