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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
All content by By Yaakov Lappin

Austin confirms US holding up weapons shipment over Rafah

Jewish News Syndicate
Published May 8, 2024
New York City Council member Brad Lander, right, earned the endorsement of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, center, in his race for New York City comptroller.

AOC curses out anti-Israel protesters confronting her to accuse Israel of genocide

Jewish News Syndicate
Published March 5, 2024
Members of Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, attend a rally in Beit Lahiya on May 30, 2021. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ???? ??????? ???????? ??????? ???? ??????

US not acting against Hamas-linked charities flagged by Israel

Jewish News Syndicate
Published March 3, 2024
Screenshot of aerial footage provided by the IDF of Gazans rushing aid trucks on Feb. 29, 2024. Source: X

Dozens of Gazans reportedly killed during aid riot

Jewish News Syndicate
Published February 29, 2024
Rep. Ogles

Coalition for Jewish Values defends legislator after call to kill Hamas fighters

Jewish News Syndicate
Published February 28, 2024
Coco Chanel in Los Angeles, March 1931. Credit: University of California, Los Angeles; Library, Department of Special Collections; originally published in “The Los Angeles Times,” via Wikimedia Commons.

New drama on fashion guru Coco Chanel glosses over Nazi collaboration

Jewish News Syndicate
Published February 23, 2024
Outcry as neo-Nazis parade with swastika flags in Nashville

Outcry as neo-Nazis parade with swastika flags in Nashville

Jewish News Syndicate
Published February 19, 2024
Aviv sports company participates in the #StandUpToJewishHate campaign by hanging the blue square symbol on basketball nets in the Pais Arena in Jerusalem, April 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

‘I support Hamas, you f–king Jew’: Antisemitism ends prep hoops game

Jewish News Syndicate
Published January 7, 2024
Israel Air Force helicopters prepare to take hostages released from the Gaza Strip, Nov. 24, 2023. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

13 Israeli hostages released after 7 weeks in Hamas captivity

Jewish News Syndicate
Published November 24, 2023
Flyers posted by families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza as part of a protest outside the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv. Oct. 14, 2023.

Possible deal to free hostages in motion

Jewish News Syndicate
Published November 12, 2023
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)

Tlaib claims ‘river to sea’ isn’t hate, fellow Dems disagree

Jewish News Syndicate
Published November 5, 2023
Hamas weaponry confiscated and displayed by the Israel Defense Forces, Oct. 15, 2023. Credit: IDF.

IDF displays arms, plans, torture manuals collected from Hamas terrorists

Jewish News Syndicate
Published October 15, 2023
US says Israel resumed water supply to southern Gaza

US says Israel resumed water supply to southern Gaza

Jewish News Syndicate
Published October 15, 2023
Israeli soldiers remove bodies of civilians in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Oct. 10, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Soldiers say Hamas terrorists murdered 40 babies in kibbutz attack

Jewish News Syndicate
Published October 10, 2023
The Israeli flag is projected onto 10 Downing Street, residence of the British prime minister, on Oct. 8, 2023.

Blue-and-white colors the globe as nations, cities stand with Israel

Jewish News Syndicate
Published October 9, 2023
“USS Gerald R. Ford” steams in the Ionian Sea, Oct. 4, 2023.

Pentagon sends Israel weapons, redirects aircraft carrier to conflict area

Jewish News Syndicate
Published October 8, 2023
Israeli security forces and emergency responders take cover in Israel as a siren sounds a warning of incoming rockets from the Gaza Strip, where one hit and damaged a home in the southern Israeli city of Sderot on May 11, 2023. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90.

IDF spokesman: Iran is pushing Palestinian Islamic Jihad to fire rockets at Israel

By Yaakov Lappin, JNS
Published May 12, 2023
Members of lost tribe of Bnei Menashe celebrate Sukkot in northeastern India

Members of lost tribe of Bnei Menashe celebrate Sukkot in northeastern India

Jewish News Syndicate
Published September 21, 2021
German Jewish art dealer Max Stern as a young man. Credit: Max Stern Art Restitution Project

Controversial exhibit on Jewish Nazi-persecuted art dealer to open in Germany

Jewish News Syndicate
Published August 25, 2021

IDF soldier critically wounded in Gaza border riot; Israel hits Hamas terror targets

JEWISH NEWS SYNDICATE
Published August 23, 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends a cabinet meeting at the Foreign MInistry in Jerusalem on July 25, 2021. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Israeli premier: Iran behind fatal strike on Israeli-managed ship in Arabian Sea

Jewish News Syndicate
Published August 1, 2021
Israeli Little Leaguers taking part in drills with Israels Olympic Baseball team in 2019. Credit: Israel Baseball. 

Israeli Little Leaguers warm up for ‘Field of Peace’ tournament in Dubai

Jewish News Syndicate
Published February 15, 2021
Tel Aviv night skyline. Credit: Pixabay. 

Israel makes top 10 (again) in ranking of world’s most innovative countries

Jewish News Syndicate
Published February 15, 2021
The ancient stone found in the Nitzana National Park in the Negev in Jan. 2021. Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority. 

Ancient burial stone bearing Greek inscription found in Negev national park

Jewish News Syndicate
Published January 11, 2021
A strategic partnership agreement between the Israeli Watergen company and Emirati Al-Dahra was signed in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on Nov. 25, 2020. Credit: Courtesy. 

Abu Dhabi company to bring Israeli drinking-water technologies to Gulf

Jewish News Syndicate
Published November 30, 2020
A flydubai A6-FDC shortly after taking off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Bangladesh, Aug. 3, 2012. Photo: Faisal Akram via Wikimedia Commons.

First direct tourist flight from Israel to UAE touches down in Dubai

Jewish News Syndicate
Published November 9, 2020

Israeli Tourism Ministry to grant hotels up to $89 million to cover COVID-19 losses

Jewish News Syndicate
Published November 9, 2020
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