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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light
All content by BY RON KAMPEAS
Supporters of Maccabi Tel Aviv hold Israeli and team flags at Dam Square ahead of the Europa League football match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv, Nov. 7, 2024. (Jeroen Jumelet / ANP / AFP via Getty Images)

Israel sends planes to Amsterdam to rescue Israeli soccer fans under assault by street mobs

By Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Published November 7, 2024
Friends and family of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza protest outside the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on April 25. Photo by Getty Images

Two more hostages, including an American Israeli, are seen in video released by Hamas

By Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published April 27, 2024
Israeli army flares fall over the northern Har Dov area on Mount Hermon on Nov. 13, 2023, amid increasing cross-border tensions between Lebanon's Hezbollah and Israel as fighting continues with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. (Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images)

Survey: Jews feel close to Israel; its government, not so much

By Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published April 18, 2024
May 2, 2023; Washington, DC, USA; Senator Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, leads the Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing on Supreme Court ethics reform in Washington. Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday declined an invitation from Senate Democrats to testify about ethics standards at the Supreme Court amid a series of high-profile controversies involving his colleagues.

Durbin among Democrats calling for a ceasefire in Gaza upon hostage release

BY RON KAMPEAS, JTA
Published November 3, 2023

Trump to address conference of Orthodox Jews in wake of West-Fuentes controversy

BY RON KAMPEAS, JTA
Published December 15, 2022

Report: Iran plotting to kill Jews

BY RON KAMPEAS, JTA
Published December 3, 2022

From McConnell to McCarthy, Republican leaders criticize Trump’s dinner with Holocaust denier

BY RON KAMPEAS, JTA
Published November 29, 2022

Trump’s dinner with a Holocaust denier draws rare criticism from some of his Jewish allies

BY RON KAMPEAS, JTA
Published November 27, 2022

Donald Trump is running for president, again. Recapping his volatile relationship with American Jews

BY RON KAMPEAS, JTA
Published November 15, 2022
Oregon auction house removes Himmler’s purported dagger after Jewish groups complain

Oregon auction house removes Himmler’s purported dagger after Jewish groups complain

BY RON KAMPEAS
Published April 27, 2021
Birthright restarting trips to Israel as nation nears herd immunity

Birthright restarting trips to Israel as nation nears herd immunity

BY RON KAMPEAS
Published April 27, 2021
John Kerry denies he ever talked about Israeli strikes on Syria with Iranian foreign minister

John Kerry denies he ever talked about Israeli strikes on Syria with Iranian foreign minister

BY RON KAMPEAS
Published April 27, 2021

Senate confirms Merrick Garland as attorney general

BY RON KAMPEAS
Published March 11, 2021

Iran, Israel, anti-Semitism and more: What to watch in Joe Biden’s presidency

By Ron Kampeas
Published November 7, 2020
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, left, signs a declaration guaranteeing Israel's qualitative military edge with Israel Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the Pentagon in Washington DC on October 22, 2020. (U.S. Department of Defense)  

Amid Middle East peace deals, Israel and the US reassert commitment to Israel’s ‘qualitative military edge’

BY RON KAMPEAS
Published October 23, 2020
An activist with Tag Meir, an Israeli group funded by the New Israel Fund, hands out flowers on a day to counter racism in Jerusalem on June 1, 2019. (NIF/Yossi Zamir)

An activist says it is ‘electioneering’ for nonprofits to call candidates racist. Jewish groups say it’s routine.

By Ron Kampeas
Published August 4, 2020
John Lewis spoke at a 1987 rally in support of Soviet Jewry in Washington, D.C. (C-SPAN screenshot)

John Lewis and the Jews: 6 moments that showcase an enduring alliance

By Ron Kampeas
Published July 22, 2020

Trump makes his week of ‘send them back’ about Jews. Few Jews are happy.

By Ron Kampeas
Published July 19, 2019

Ilhan Omar apologizes for tweets saying AIPAC buys politicians’ backing for Israel

BY RON KAMPEAS
Published February 11, 2019

Nancy Pelosi calls on Ilhan Omar to ‘immediately apologize’ for ‘anti-Semitic’ comments

BY RON KAMPEAS
Published February 11, 2019

Jewish Democratic lawmakers criticize Ilhan Omar for saying AIPAC buys pro-Israel support

BY RON KAMPEAS
Published February 11, 2019

Ilhan Omar says AIPAC pays politicians to be pro-Israel

By Ron Kampeas
Published February 11, 2019

House members introduce bill that would fund Holocaust education programs in schools

By Ron Kampeas
Published February 6, 2019

5 Jewish takeaways from Donald Trump’s State of the Union address

By Ron Kampeas
Published February 6, 2019

In Ron Dermer, Netanyahu taps pugnacious loyalist as D.C. envoy

By Ron Kampeas
Published July 9, 2013

Obama outlines Holocaust lessons that are particular and universal

By Ron Kampeas
Published April 24, 2012

Obama administration to seek waiver on UNESCO funding ban

By Ron Kampeas
Published February 15, 2012

Threats to cut Egypt assistance could impact Israel, U.S. influence in Mideast

By Ron Kampeas
Published February 12, 2012

As Feingold exits, Senate loses a principled liberal

By Ron Kampeas
Published November 9, 2010

First sign of the new U.S. political reality — Bibi’s swagger

By Ron Kampeas
Published November 9, 2010

At talks, Arab leaders press for freeze, final status

By Ron Kampeas
Published September 2, 2010

For now, U.S. and Israel agree on Iran, peace talks and flotilla probe

By Ron Kampeas
Published June 15, 2010

White House charm offensive pays off: Wiesel says tension is ‘gone’

By Ron Kampeas
Published May 4, 2010

Obama spreads the love, keeping Jewish leaders happy—for now

By Ron Kampeas
Published April 30, 2010

Key U.S. lawmaker sees Iran bill by April

BY RON KAMPEAS
Published March 18, 2010

Little resistance to settlements policy at White House meeting

BY RON KAMPEAS
Published July 15, 2009

Livni would find friends in D.C.

BY RON KAMPEAS
Published February 12, 2009

For pro-Israel crowd, Iraq report has some unwelcome proposals

BY RON KAMPEAS
Published December 14, 2006

Jewish candidates win big in primaries across United States

BY RON KAMPEAS
Published September 14, 2006
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