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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
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Hebrew University has 23,000 students spread across three campuses in Jerusalem and three elsewhere in Israel. (Yonit Schiller)

At the 100-year mark, Hebrew University’s American friends are looking to capitalize on a unique moment

By Larry Luxner, JTA
Published May 20, 2025
Visiting Israel on Birthright in the year and a half since Oct. 7, 2023, many trip participants said they felt safer in Israel than they did back home. (Idan Arad)

Birthright participants say visiting Israel in the post-Oct. 7 era is a transformative experience

By Larry Luxner, JTA
Published April 24, 2025
A woman prepares a semaglutide pen, a medical device used for injectable weight-loss drugs that can help patients undergoing cancer treatments. (Getty Images/Tatsiana Volkava)

Can weight-loss drugs help in cancer treatment? This Jewish organization is on the case

By Larry Luxner, JTA
Published April 22, 2025
A Saturday night Havdalah ceremony was one of the highlights of the Limmud FSU event in Lublin, Poland, Nov. 4, 2023.

Ukrainian Jews gathering in historic Polish city champion solidarity with Israel

BY LARRY LUXNER, JTA
Published December 8, 2023

Report: Obama to name Lew to top White House slot

JTA, WASHINGTON
Published January 9, 2012

Presidents Conference’s Hoenlein, Assad meet in Syria

JTA WASHINGTON
Published January 5, 2011
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