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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 Jonathan S. Tobin
Students hold up anti-Israel signs and Palestinian flags at an pro-Hamas protest in front of Sproul Hall at the University of California, Berkeley, on Oct. 25, 2023. Credit: Kefr4000 via Wikimedia Commons.

Are American Jews still trying to save Israel from itself?

Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS
Published February 27, 2024
Is the West is selling out to Iran to lower gas prices?

Is the West is selling out to Iran to lower gas prices?

Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS
Published March 12, 2022
Care about human rights? Demand a boycott of the Beijing Olympics!

Care about human rights? Demand a boycott of the Beijing Olympics!

JONATHAN S. TOBIN, JNS
Published November 20, 2021
Palestinian militants from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) take part in a military show to celebrate the 47th anniversary of the groups founding, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 11, 2014. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ôìñèéðéí
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The ‘human rights’ scam at the heart of the NGO controversy

JONATHAN S. TOBIN, JNS
Published October 26, 2021
The Jewish stake in resisting the war on school-board critics

The Jewish stake in resisting the war on school-board critics

JONATHAN S. TOBIN, JNS
Published October 16, 2021
sraeli artistic gymnast and gold medalist Artem Dolgopyat, Aug. 1, 2021. Source: Israel Olympic Committee via Facebook.

“Israel will claim my son’s Olympic gold but won’t let him marry here,” says athletes mother

Jonathan S. Tobin, The Jewish News Syndicate
Published August 9, 2021
Israeli rescue forces and police at the scene after a mass fatality scene during the celebrations of the Jewish holiday of Lag Baomer on Mt. Meron, in northern Israel on April 30, 2021. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90

A year with too much to mourn

Jonathan S. Tobin, JEWISH NEWS SERVICE
Published July 16, 2021
Search and rescue workers comb through the rubble of the Champlain Towers South condominium. Source: Miami-Dade Fire Rescue/Twitter.

In the face of disaster, the priority is help and prayer, not politics

Jonathan S. Tobin, JEWISH NEWS SERVICE
Published June 28, 2021
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