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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

Obama assassination column raises question: Why do some Jews see Obama as so sinister?

By Uriel HeilmanPublished January 24, 2012

NEW YORK (JTA)—When news outlets began reporting last Friday that the owner of the Atlanta Jewish Times had published an opinion column seemingly suggesting that Israel might be wise to assassinate President Obama, the response from prominent American...

Israel OKs another 8,000 Ethiopian immigrants — but these may be the last

By Uriel HeilmanPublished November 18, 2010

NEW YORK (JTA) -- The decision this week by Israel's Cabinet to bring as many as 8,000 additional Ethiopians to Israel over the next four years and then close the door on mass Ethiopian aliyah has a familiar ring to it. That's because it has happened...

Déjà vu in Ahmadinejad performance at U.N.

By Uriel HeilmanPublished May 4, 2010

NEW YORK (JTA) - When Iran's president spoke from the podium at the United Nations this week, the scene it sparked was something of a repeat from his address at the U.N. Durban Review Conference a year ago in Geneva, Switzerland.Then as now, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's...

Parsing the vote

BY URIEL HEILMANPublished February 12, 2009

(JTA) -- In the chaos of the day after Israel's election, the possibilities for who will lead Israel's next government, and with what sort of coalition, seem endless. However, if the parties are categorized by ideology, the noteworthy consequences of...

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