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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.

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All content by Cnaan Liphshiz

Dutch Jewish woman evicted after anti-Semitic abuse, threats by neighbor

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Published July 4, 2016

Nobel Peace Prize laureate, chronicler of the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel dies

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Published July 2, 2016

Chabad leader in Russia slams state-funded TV for airing ‘blood libel’

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Published July 1, 2016

Brexit poll: Jews voted 2-1 to remain in EU

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Published July 1, 2016

Bernie Sanders’ appointee to platform committee says ‘I’m not anti-Israel’

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Published July 1, 2016

Berlin rabbi: Jewish leaders need to help save the EU

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Published July 1, 2016

Palestinian woman shot after reportedly trying to stab officer in Hebron

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Published July 1, 2016

Corbyn accused of comparing Israel to ISIS in speech against Jew-hate

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Published June 30, 2016

Ritual slaughter ban would be unconstitutional, Belgian state body says

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Published June 29, 2016

French high court reaffirms prison sentence for Holocaust-denying professor

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Published June 29, 2016

Ukraine city names street for Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson

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Published June 29, 2016

UK agency fears for future of kosher slaughter following Brexit vote

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Published June 28, 2016

Brexit splits UK from Europe and Labour from its party leader

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Published June 28, 2016

Young Jewish ‘change makers’ gather in Jerusalem for ROI Summit

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Published June 28, 2016

Jewish Agency rips Israeli rabbinate’s rejection of prominent US rabbi’s conversion

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Published June 28, 2016

Lviv Ghetto memorial vandalized in anti-Semitic attack

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Published June 27, 2016

Municipality near Paris passes motion declaring boycott of Israeli settlement goods

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Published June 27, 2016

The Brexit: Six things you need to know

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Published June 24, 2016

Crown Heights Lubavitch rabbis issue edict against new eruv

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Published June 24, 2016

In 1st, Israel grants formal asylum to Darfuri refugee from Sudan

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Published June 24, 2016

French anti-racism groups spar following a mayor’s support for Palestinian killer

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Published June 24, 2016

Cameron quits as Brits vote in favor of leaving EU

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Published June 24, 2016

Lithuania lifts major obstruction to citizenship applications by Jews

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Published June 23, 2016

British minister compares Brexit opponents to Nazi campaign against Einstein

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Published June 23, 2016

Polish government wants to take over, upgrade Treblinka museum

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Published June 23, 2016

Lithuanian mayor dismantles building made from Jewish headstones

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Published June 23, 2016

Dutch family reports anti-Semitic abuse after displaying Israeli flag

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Published June 20, 2016

Jewish migrants preferred to Muslims in Europe, British study finds

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Published June 20, 2016

David Beckham recalls granddad in saying he feels Jewish

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Published June 20, 2016

Report: Holland bends own pensions laws to keep paying Israeli settlers

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Published June 20, 2016

Falafel wars in Paris: Who’s got the better balls?

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Published June 19, 2016

Despite Obama’s veto threat, House passes funding boost for Israel’s defense

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Published June 17, 2016

Former Israeli prime minister: Netanyahu enabling ‘budding fascism’

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Published June 17, 2016

In Israel, Huckabee defends Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric

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Published June 17, 2016

Belgian teens ‘gassed’ Jewish schoolmate with deodorant in showers, mother says

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Published June 17, 2016

Auschwitz ex-guard, 94, sentenced to 5 years in Germany

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Published June 17, 2016

NYC cuts funding for Wiesenthal Center over trustee’s corruption indictment

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Published June 17, 2016

Crane falls at Jewish construction site in western Russia

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Published June 17, 2016

Hungary honors NY klezmer luminary Frank London

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Published June 17, 2016

Ukraine police accuse bank owned by Vienna Jew of massive fraud

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Published June 17, 2016

Still in the race, Sanders says he will work with Clinton to transform party

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Published June 17, 2016

British Jewry condemns slaying of British lawmaker

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Published June 16, 2016

French court fines writer for Facebook post saying Hitler should have finished the job

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Published June 15, 2016

Polish adman creates buzz with his pro-Jewish graffiti

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Published June 15, 2016

Palestinian suspected terrorist shot near Nablus

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Published June 10, 2016

At graduation party, Dutch teens sing about burning Jews

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Published June 10, 2016

Warsaw Jewish theater locked out over real estate dispute

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Published June 10, 2016

French ex-chief rabbi seeks ‘radical’ response to Israel’s ‘abominable’ gay parade

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Published June 10, 2016

Amid secessionist debate, Catalonia leaves Spanish network for Jewish heritage

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Published June 10, 2016

Sunni cleric defends Tel Aviv terrorists

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Published June 10, 2016

French official sues Jewish group accused of calling for killing Arabs after Sarona attack

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Published June 10, 2016

Austrian Jewish leaders deny normalization plan with far-right party

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Published June 8, 2016

Swiss Jews oppose punishing students who refuse to shake teachers’ hands

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Published June 8, 2016

Cemeteries initiative has preserved 70 Eastern European graveyards

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Published June 8, 2016

British Jewish leaders condemn Trump rhetoric ahead of visit

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Published June 8, 2016

New anti-Semitism definition replaced scrapped EU version, US official says

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Published June 7, 2016

Fears of terrorism turn Moishe Houses into a lifeline for young Paris Jews

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Published June 7, 2016

Out of jail, self-exiled Jewish author vows to fight Austria fraud conviction

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Published June 7, 2016

Amid judicial crackdown, BDS motions scrapped in 4 Spanish cities

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Published June 7, 2016

Israeli lesbian composer moved to tears by NY haredi singer’s Yiddish version of her classic tune

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Published June 6, 2016

Dutch singer and feminist icon Corry Brokken dies at 83

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Published June 3, 2016

Israel’s haredi community rattled by sex abuse case involving Jerusalem yeshiva supervisor

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Published June 3, 2016

Austrian Jewish leaders mull lifting ban of far-right party

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Published June 3, 2016

Tel Aviv gay pride parade draws 200,000 participants

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Published June 3, 2016

Despite Israel’s objections, peace summit opens in Paris

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Published June 3, 2016

Anti-Semitic statements force French paper to close comment section of article on ‘The Jews’ film

Cnaan Liphshiz
Published June 2, 2016

Comparing Israel to Nazis is anti-Semitic, 31 Western states declare

Cnaan Liphshiz
Published June 2, 2016

Renovated Uruguay Holocaust memorial rededicated

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Published June 2, 2016

Palestinian woman killed in alleged stabbing attack against Israeli troops

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Published June 2, 2016

Moscow chief rabbi: Ukraine, Russia Jews worry over Kiev’s honoring of anti-Semites

Cnaan Liphshiz
Published June 2, 2016

Jerusalem’s high-tech, academia get $220m boost

Cnaan Liphshiz
Published June 2, 2016

Washington Post: Paris peace summit onset of diplomatic onslaught on Israel

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Published June 2, 2016

EU legal adviser backs firm’s ban on Muslim garb, citing its kippah policy

Cnaan Liphshiz
Published June 1, 2016

On 1st Israel visit, ‘Orange is New Black’ star says country has ‘no ugly women’

Cnaan Liphshiz
Published June 1, 2016

Golden Dawn lawmaker says Israel ‘eternal enemy’ for Greeks, Christians

Cnaan Liphshiz
Published June 1, 2016

Israeli woman allegedly gang-raped by 3 Palestinians says she consented

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Published June 1, 2016

At anti-BDS event in New York, WJC vows to ‘commit all resources’ to the fight

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Published June 1, 2016

Jewish extremist freed without charges after 10 months in jail

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Published June 1, 2016

Teen arrested for allegedly smashing Holocaust memorial in Poland

Cnaan Liphshiz
Published May 31, 2016

Jewish groups welcome Facebook, Twitter pledge to crack down on hate speech

Cnaan Liphshiz
Published May 31, 2016

‘Never react to provocations,’ Pope Francis tells Israeli musician

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Published May 31, 2016

Brazilian Jewish politician Gerson Bergher dies at 91

Cnaan Liphshiz
Published May 31, 2016

Ukrainian authorities honor nationalists whose troops butchered Jews

Cnaan Liphshiz
Published May 31, 2016

European Parliament lawmaker from Britain calls Israelis ‘a rash’

Cnaan Liphshiz
Published May 31, 2016

No school for Dutch Muslim group whose ex-boss wished a tsunami on Israel

Cnaan Liphshiz
Published May 31, 2016

Netanyahu, Liberman partially endorse Arab peace initiative

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Published May 30, 2016

Historic Jewish wedding in Turkey triggers hate speech online

Cnaan Liphshiz
Published May 30, 2016

Ohio Israeli eatery to close following machete attack

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Published May 30, 2016

Holocaust monuments vandalized in Poland, Italy

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Published May 30, 2016

Sanders: Israel has a right to US protection

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Published May 30, 2016

Israeli cabinet OKs Liberman’s defense minister appointment

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Published May 30, 2016

NJ man who fire-bombed rabbi’s home convicted of terrorism

Cnaan Liphshiz
Published May 29, 2016

Trump: Debating trailing Sanders would be ‘inappropriate’

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Published May 29, 2016

Argentine ex-minister’s Iran tape admitted as evidence of alleged treason

Cnaan Liphshiz
Published May 29, 2016

CRIF’s new president: French Jews’ situation worst since 1945

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Published May 29, 2016

Russia to return Israeli tank captured by Syria in 1982

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Published May 29, 2016

Labour readmits activist suspended for blaming slave trade on Jews

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Published May 29, 2016

Israel Police: Potentially incriminating fraud evidence on Sara Netanyahu

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Published May 29, 2016

12 Palestinian arrested for Jerusalem bus bombing

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Published May 29, 2016

Survey: Third of Israeli Jews identify with Reform movement

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Published May 27, 2016
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