Larry Luxner Archives - St. Louis Jewish Light

Jewish festival’s return to Russia’s Urals region is cause for celebration

October 26, 2021

Black and Jewish Americans unite to talk about fighting antisemitism and all that jazz

October 21, 2021

Ukraine Jews find cause to celebrate despite country’s challenges

October 18, 2021

Groundbreaking partnership combines Israeli technological prowess with pediatric medicine

October 13, 2021

Amid antisemitism concerns, 101 local Jewish federations to spend $54M on improving security

October 4, 2021

Is Alicia Silvestone Jewish?

October 3, 2021

The remarkable true story of the Great Knish War of 1916

October 3, 2021

Ed Asner, who starred as Lou Grant, dies at 91

August 29, 2021

GOP congressman compares COVID measures to Holocaust, prompting an intern’s resignation

August 27, 2021

18 Orthodox Jewish girls pulled off New York-bound flight in Amsterdam in dispute over COVID protocols

August 8, 2021

Hezbollah fires 19 rockets at Israel in worst fighting since 2006 war

August 6, 2021

Incendiary balloons from Gaza prompt new Israeli airstrikes

June 16, 2021

With new initiative on changing school culture, Jewish schools focus on anti-racist education

April 13, 2021

Jerusalem cultural center launches rich online offerings for Passover — and beyond

March 16, 2021

With interest in health care careers soaring, Touro College sees pandemic’s impact

March 9, 2021

Unique Jewish reality TV-style program lets artists, and viewers, show off their artistic talent

February 19, 2021

In extraordinary tribute, George Shultz hailed by Jewish leaders for helping free Soviet Jews

February 18, 2021

Itzhak Perlman, Rep. Jamie Raskin and a blind rabbi highlight the need for disability advocacy

February 11, 2021

Israeli researchers use novel methods to seek treatments for deadly pancreatic cancer

February 1, 2021

Israeli researchers use novel methods to seek treatments for deadly pancreatic cancer

January 11, 2021

With new local clubs, Russian-speaking Jews bolster unique Jewish identity

January 6, 2021

US immigration to Israel holds up in 2020 despite pandemic, and interest is surging

January 4, 2021

Global celebration highlights achievements of Masa Israel fellows during pandemic year

December 17, 2020

Jewish groups giving employees off for Election Day – to get out the vote and safeguard democracy

October 27, 2020

Controversy and record participation reflect renewed US Jewish interest in Zionist Congress

October 26, 2020

As Genesis Prize goes to a vote, its impact on Jewish causes grows

October 6, 2020

Azerbaijan hopes its new Museum of Mountain Jews will (eventually) spark tourism revival

September 22, 2020

Israeli researchers are discovering how stress affects the body’s fight against COVID-19

September 16, 2020

Jerusalem’s Beit Avi Chai creates unique High Holiday programming for the age of the pandemic

September 14, 2020

Israeli scientists identify new culprit behind cancerous growths: tumor-specific bacteria

July 27, 2020

Deluged by pandemic needs, Israeli doctors get help from unlikely source: robots

July 16, 2020

Pride rallies held across Israel in lieu of annual parades due to coronavirus

July 2, 2020

Ohio’s Health Dept. director resigns after backlash over stay-at-home orders

June 18, 2020

Protesters shout ‘dirty Jews’ at Paris rally against police racism

June 18, 2020

Amid pandemic, Jewish groups get creative for Shavuot festivities

May 26, 2020

Despite crises at home, US Jewish charities keep sending money to Israel

May 18, 2020

Jewish day schools to get creative as they eye uncertain financial future

May 7, 2020

Rocket science, Hasidic wisdom and cooking at unique online Russian Jewish festival

May 6, 2020

As emergencies grow for Holocaust survivors amid pandemic, helpers try to keep up

April 22, 2020

Israeli group keeps at-risk teens out of trouble through feeding the hungry

April 7, 2020

How Jewish communities are deploying Passover aid amid coronavirus lockdowns

April 6, 2020

Hundreds of Russian-speaking Jews gather in Vienna for unique festival despite anxiety

March 5, 2020

Simon Wiesenthal’s granddaughter leads march marking 75 years since Mauthausen’s liberation

March 2, 2020

In Moldova, Jewish teens go to schools to dispel anti-Semitic stereotypes

February 6, 2020

What red hot chile peppers might be able to do for cancer pain treatment

January 30, 2020

Living the American aliyah dream: Residing in Israel, but keeping a US job

January 7, 2020

More doctors changing approach to end-of-life care, Hadassah study finds

December 16, 2019

Israeli researchers at forefront of fight against breast cancer

October 17, 2019

Israel gives new hope to patients with multiple myeloma

August 26, 2019

At Israel’s first student-run health clinic, the mantra is health care for all — and it’s free

June 26, 2019

Hadassah immunologist saves Israeli boy from life-threatening allergy to light

June 19, 2019

These young American women are moving to Israel to serve their new country

May 15, 2019

Steven Spielberg warns: Genocide as possible today as it was during Holocaust

December 6, 2018

Israeli special ops force was in Gaza for two months before its firefight with Hamas, report says

December 6, 2018

Brazil arrests Israeli head of international drug smuggling network

December 6, 2018

EU Council approves declaration on fight against anti-Semitism

December 6, 2018

OSU student government votes down Israel boycott and divestment resolution

December 6, 2018

Arrest made in attack on Hasidic man in Brooklyn

December 6, 2018

Super soccer star Messi joins Beitar Jerusalem team fans club

December 6, 2018

Israel’s chief rabbi lights Hanukkah candles in Polish parliament

December 6, 2018

Princeton is naming a residential college after Ronald and Debra Perelman

December 5, 2018

‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ season 2 debuts on Amazon to glowing reviews

December 5, 2018

Saudi dissident sues Israeli cyber tech company in death of Jamal Khashoggi

December 5, 2018

Einstein’s ‘God Letter’ sells at auction for nearly $3 million

December 5, 2018

New Hampshire town rejects menorah display. Christmas tree could be next.

December 5, 2018

Portugal sets aside a day to remember Inquisition victims

December 5, 2018

Netanyahu rejected in bid to have donors pay his legal fees

December 5, 2018

Netanyahu calls violence against women ‘terrorism’ following a rally by 30,000 in Tel Aviv

December 5, 2018

OU’s exec named to NY State Attorney General-elect’s transition team

December 5, 2018

Portugal government committee approves Memorial Day for the Victims of the Inquisition

December 5, 2018

Holocaust survivors mark Hanukkah at events around the world

December 5, 2018

Israeli technology effectively prevents attacks during G20

December 5, 2018

Hanukkah menorah is toppled near Harvard campus

December 4, 2018

Hezbollah tunnels are ‘concrete threat’ to Israel’s Galilee region, Netanyahu says

December 4, 2018

Evidence of Rohingya genocide is ‘compelling,’ US Holocaust Museum says

December 4, 2018

Kosher ban is okay with Jewish supporters of Germany’s far right party

December 4, 2018

3 large swastikas spray-painted in Brooklyn neighborhood

December 4, 2018

101 Jewish and pro-Israel groups ask universities to oppose Israel boycotts

December 4, 2018

Rashida Tlaib, newly elected Congresswoman, says she will lead a lawmakers’ trip to West Bank

December 4, 2018

Hezbollah and Iran discussed at meeting between Netanyahu and Pompeo

December 4, 2018

Israel launches operation to destroy Hezbollah tunnels on northern border

December 4, 2018

Saudi Arabia loses world chess tournament for refusing visas to Israeli players

December 3, 2018

Thousands of Israeli women to strike in protest of violence against women

December 3, 2018

ID system for asylum seekers in Mexico recalls Holocaust tattoos

December 3, 2018

Condemn anti-Semitic image on pro-government magazine cover, Lauder tells Orban

December 3, 2018

Mental status of driver who tried to run down 2 Jews outside LA synagogue questioned

December 3, 2018

Synagogue in Basel, Switzerland vandalized

December 3, 2018

Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony held outside Tree of Life synagogue building

December 3, 2018

Netanyahu flies to Brussels to meet Pompeo

December 3, 2018

Trump pledges support for Jewish victims of hate in Hanukkah message

December 2, 2018

Jobbik party member resigns leadership positions after recording surfaces of anti-Semitic act

December 2, 2018

Anti-Semitic vandalism found in library book on Jewish topic at Carnegie Mellon U

December 2, 2018

UN General Assembly approves 6 anti-Israel resolutions

December 2, 2018

Jared Kushner, in Buenos Aires for G20, pays tribute to victims of AMIA Jewish center attack

December 2, 2018

Marc Lamont Hill in op-ed apologizes for use of phrase ‘free Palestine from the river to the sea’

December 2, 2018

Menorah vandalized at Penn State University

December 2, 2018

Miami police sergeant suspended after video shows him throwing sacred Jewish text

December 2, 2018

Canadian lawmakers recognize Jewish refugees from Arab countries

December 2, 2018

U.S. broadcaster head apologizes to George Soros for anti-Semitic report about him

December 2, 2018

Hungarian magazine publishes anti-Semitic image of Jewish leader on cover

December 2, 2018