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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.

St. Louis Jewish Light
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"Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down)," by painter Jean-Léon Gérôme. (Public domain)

There aren’t Jewish fighters in Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator II.’ But what about in ancient Rome?

Luke Tress, JTA
Published November 23, 2024
Israeli soldiers seen at a staging area near the Israeli border with Lebanon, Oct. 1, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Progressive Jewish groups back Senate resolutions against arms sales to Israel

Luke Tress, JTA
Published November 19, 2024
Howard Lutnick speaks at the 2024 Bitcoin Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, Jul. 27, 2024. (Johnnie Izquierdo/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump taps Jewish financier Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary

Luke Tress, JTA
Published November 19, 2024
Police at a Jewish community event in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, June 5, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Ahead of election, Jewish security groups are monitoring conspiracy theories, Jewish polling sites and foreign interference

Luke Tress, JTA
Published October 31, 2024
Israeli professor Shai Davidai outside of Columbia University, April 22, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Columbia bars Shai Davidai, outspoken Israeli and pro-Israel professor, from campus

Luke Tress, JTA
Published October 16, 2024
Protesters outside Columbia University, April 30, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Columbia pro-Palestinian group endorses violence, retracts apology for ‘Zionists don’t deserve to live’ remark

Luke Tress, JTA
Published October 8, 2024
Former president Donald Trump addresses the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, Sept. 5, 2024. (Luke Tress)

‘You’ll never survive’ if Harris wins election, Trump tells Republican Jewish group

Luke Tress, JTA
Published September 5, 2024
Pictures of Ku Klux Klan members in from ADL archives. (Luke Tress)

How hate and the fight against it have evolved

Luke Tress, JTA
Published August 18, 2024
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander in his Manhattan office, July 18, 2024.

Who is Brad Lander, the St. Louisan and New York City comptroller weighing a run for mayor?

Luke Tress, JTA
Published July 29, 2024
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Neo-Nazi known as ‘Commander Butcher’ charged for attempting to poison Jewish children

Luke Tress, JTA
Published July 16, 2024
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a campaign rally in the Bronx, June 22, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Far-left group pulls endorsement of Ocasio-Cortez after she hosts panel on antisemitism

Luke Tress, JTA
Published July 11, 2024
A protest led by Within Our Lifetime in Manhattan, September 17, 2021. (Luke Tress)

What is ‘Within Our Lifetime,’ the radical anti-Israel group harassing Jews and making headlines

Luke Tress, JTA
Published June 20, 2024
Protesters outside Columbia University, April 30, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Prosecutors move to dismiss hate crimes charges against woman who hit Israeli Columbia student with a stick

Luke Tress, JTA
Published June 10, 2024
Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrators square off outside Columbia University in Manhattan, February 2, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Antisemitic incidents in Missouri soar 317% – 140% nationally

Luke Tress, JTA
Published April 16, 2024
Police block the entrance to the Chabad headquarter’s main synagogue due to safety concerns, Jan. 9, 2024. (Luke Tress)

13 rabbinical students charged for fracas over Chabad synagogue tunnel

Luke Tress, JTA
Published April 11, 2024

Schumer says Netanyahu has ‘lost his way’, calls for new elections

Luke Tress, JTA
Published March 14, 2024
Dr. Ruth Gottesman speaks at a Albert Einstein College of Medicine event at the Rainbow Room in Manhattan, May 17, 2016. (Brent N. Clarke/Getty Images)

Jewish philanthropist’s $1 billion gift allows medical school to go tuition-free

Luke Tress, JTA
Published February 26, 2024
Police block the entrance to the main synagogue at Chabad headquarters due to safety concerns, Jan. 9, 2024. (Police block the entrance to the Chabad headquarter's main synagogue due to safety concerns, Jan. 9, 2024.

The ‘tunnel’ controversy at Chabad’s Brooklyn headquarters, explained

Luke Tress, JTA
Published January 10, 2024
A pro-Palestinian protests against the Rockefeller Christmas tree lighting, in New York City, November 29, 2023.

Pro-Palestinian protesters break out swastikas for rally at Christmas tree lighting

Luke Tress, JTA
Published November 30, 2023
Posters of Israeli hostages in New York City's Union Square subway station, October 16, 2023.

2 women charged with hate crimes for allegedly assaulting passerby after tearing down hostage posters

Luke Tress, JTA
Published November 27, 2023
Posters of Israeli hostages in New York City's Union Square subway station, October 16, 2023.

[Photo] 17 additional hostages released by Hamas

BY BEN SALES, JTA
Published November 26, 2023
‘Blood on your hands’: Jewish congressman’s office defaced with pro-Palestinian graffiti

‘Blood on your hands’: Jewish congressman’s office defaced with pro-Palestinian graffiti

Luke Tress, JTA
Published November 17, 2023
Customers pack into Caffe Aronne in the Upper East Side after staff members quit due to the store's pro-Israel activities, Nov. 7, 2023. (Luke Tress)

Hundreds rally for cafe after employees quit over owners support for Israel

Luke Tress, JtA
Published November 7, 2023

Senate confirms new US ambassador to Israel

Luke Tress, JTA
Published October 31, 2023
Police secure a pro-Israel rally outside Columbia University, October 25, 2023. (Luke Tress)

Jewish students barricade in library as protesters chant ‘Free Palestine’

Luke Tress, JTA
Published October 26, 2023
Screenshot said to show part of a blast that hit a hospital in Gaza, killing hundreds. (Screenshot/Twitter)

Israeli military says Palestinian rocket struck Gaza hospital where hundreds were reported killed

Luke Tress, JTA
Published October 17, 2023
Jewish groups demand schools pull funding from Students for Justice in Palestine for cheering Hamas’ attack

Jewish groups demand schools pull funding from Students for Justice in Palestine for cheering Hamas’ attack

Luke Tress, JTA
Published October 13, 2023
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