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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
All content by By Marcy Oster
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra to perform free online concert

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra to perform free online concert

By Marcy Oster
Published June 22, 2020

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo makes 8-hour visit to Israel in first foreign trip since start of pandemic

By Marcy Oster
Published May 13, 2020

Netanyahu and Gantz sign agreement for ‘national emergency government’ that keeps Netanyahu as prime minister for now

By Marcy Oster
Published April 20, 2020
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, seen here speaking at the Haaretz Judaism, Jewish People and Israel Conference on Oct. 30, 2019, has asked Peru's President Martin Alberto Vizcarra Cornejo to grant clemency to an Israeli woman under arrest there for several months for drug smuggling. (Mark Neiman /GPO)

Israel’s president asks Peru to free Israeli woman arrested for drug smuggling

By Marcy Oster
Published February 9, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicted for corruption

By Marcy Oster
Published November 21, 2019

Americans in Israel warned over planned demonstrations against U.S. and Bahrain summit

By Marcy Oster
Published June 23, 2019
Sefaria is letting the public vote on which of these two emoji possibilities they prefer. The organization will submit the winning image for consideration as a real emoji. (Sefaria)

It’s time for a Torah emoji, and this organization is working to make it happen

By Marcy Oster
Published June 4, 2019

Fire devastates Israeli community founded by Shlomo Carlebach

By Marcy Oster
Published May 23, 2019
Gabe Fleisher

St. Louis Jewish teen scoops de Blasio’s presidential candidacy announcement

By Marcy Oster
Published May 16, 2019

6 Democratic senators introduce resolution to restore US humanitarian aid to Palestinians

By Marcy Oster
Published April 18, 2019
Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft took this “selfie” as it attempted to land on the moon. (SpaceIL/YouTube)

Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashes during lunar landing

By Marcy Oster
Published April 11, 2019
The famed "Arbeit macht frei" sign at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, August 2007. (Wikimedia Commons) 

Mike Pence to make first visit to Auschwitz, meet Netanyahu in Poland

BY MARCY OSTER
Published February 12, 2019

Rabbi reports shooting damage at Ohio synagogue

BY MARCY OSTER
Published February 11, 2019

‘The Band’s Visit,’ Drake win Grammy Awards

BY MARCY OSTER
Published February 11, 2019

Vandals smash open grave of prominent rabbi, damage 3 chapels at Manchester Jewish cemetery

By Marcy Oster
Published February 11, 2019

Omri Casspi, first Israeli in NBA, waived by Memphis Grizzlies

BY MARCY OSTER
Published February 10, 2019

Reported homophobic incidents in Israel increased by 54 percent in 2018, report finds

By Marcy Oster
Published February 10, 2019

Israelis are top users of social media in the world

By Marcy Oster
Published February 8, 2019

Swastikas sprayed inside and outside of an Atlanta-area high school

By Marcy Oster
Published February 7, 2019

Upstate New York yeshiva set on fire and painted with swastikas

By Marcy Oster
Published February 7, 2019

Netanyahu wins Likud primary followed by 4 rivals

By Marcy Oster
Published February 6, 2019
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