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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 Marcy Oster

Israelis rally in Tel Aviv in solidarity with Women’s March

Marcy Oster
Published January 22, 2017

Israeli officials congratulate Trump on inauguration

Marcy Oster
Published January 22, 2017

Orthodox rabbi’s anti-Trump prayer causes a stir

Marcy Oster
Published January 19, 2017

American-Israelis to rally in Tel Aviv in solidarity with DC Women’s March

Marcy Oster
Published January 19, 2017

Trump tells Israeli reporter in Washington he will move embassy to Jerusalem

Marcy Oster
Published January 19, 2017

Israel receives first Arrow 3 rocket interceptors

Marcy Oster
Published January 19, 2017

Women of the Wall searched at holy site despite high court ruling

Marcy Oster
Published January 19, 2017

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen polling first for French president

Marcy Oster
Published January 19, 2017

Rabbis visit Montana to thank local authorities for support

Marcy Oster
Published January 19, 2017

1,500 rabbis sign letter calling on Trump administration to support refugees

Marcy Oster
Published January 18, 2017

Koret Foundation gives $10 million to Tel Aviv’s Museum of the Jewish People

Marcy Oster
Published January 18, 2017

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to receive pacemaker

Marcy Oster
Published January 18, 2017

Swastika drawn in snow at home of Canadian Jewish newspaper columnist

Marcy Oster
Published January 18, 2017

Bedouin Israeli, police officer killed during clashes over Negev home demolitions

Marcy Oster
Published January 18, 2017

Haredi man whose son is withholding Jewish divorce avoids jail

Marcy Oster
Published January 17, 2017

Jewish human services agencies merge to create umbrella group

Marcy Oster
Published January 17, 2017

Palestinian man who attempted to stab soldiers in West Bank shot, killed

Marcy Oster
Published January 17, 2017

Right-wing Israeli lawmakers, settler leaders to attend Trump inauguration

Marcy Oster
Published January 17, 2017

Jewish Democratic activist resigns from Maryland golf club over Obama membership debate

Marcy Oster
Published January 17, 2017

Israel’s AG won’t release Bibi tapes during police investigation

Marcy Oster
Published January 16, 2017

Britain prevents EU council’s adoption of Paris peace conference statement

Marcy Oster
Published January 16, 2017

Tucson temple hosts bake sale to support Syrian refugees

Marcy Oster
Published January 16, 2017

Labour’s Corbyn calls for investigation of Israel’s influence in British politics

Marcy Oster
Published January 16, 2017

DC Orthodox synagogue members visit Selma reform synagogue to honor MLK

Marcy Oster
Published January 16, 2017

Iran nuclear deal ‘on life support,’ Priebus says

Marcy Oster
Published January 16, 2017

Amazon employee fired after anti-Semitic note found in Jewish customer’s package

Marcy Oster
Published January 16, 2017

Vandals paint graffiti on Philadelphia mikvah

Marcy Oster
Published January 16, 2017
Writer Calvin Trillin, center, interviewing John Lewis in Birmingham, Ala., as the Freedom Riders were boarding the bus for Montgomery in 1961. (LIFE Images Collection)

ADL jumps to Rep. Lewis’ defense after Trump tweet

Marcy Oster
Published January 15, 2017

300 Jewish leaders sign letter rejecting ‘baseless accusations’ against Rep. Keith Ellison

Marcy Oster
Published January 15, 2017

French FM: Trump moving US embassy to Jerusalem a provocation

Marcy Oster
Published January 15, 2017

Kerry reassures Netanyahu that Paris peace meeting will not lead to more UN action

Marcy Oster
Published January 15, 2017

Boxing rabbi Yuri Foreman loses title bout

Marcy Oster
Published January 15, 2017

Pendant uncovered at Sobibor may have belonged to teen relative of Anne Frank

Marcy Oster
Published January 15, 2017

Israel’s Supreme Court stops top rabbinical court from overturning religious divorce

Marcy Oster
Published January 12, 2017

Report: US intelligence warns Israel to ‘be careful’ transferring information to Trump White House

Marcy Oster
Published January 12, 2017

Netanyahu will not attend Trump inauguration

Marcy Oster
Published January 12, 2017
Chaya Zissel Braun was 3 months old when she was killed in a 2014 terrorist attack in Jerusalem. (Channel 2 Screenshot)

Iran and Syria must pay $178M to family of Jewish infant killed in Hamas attack, US court rules

Marcy Oster
Published January 12, 2017

Bomb threat at Staten Island JCC investigated as hate crime

Marcy Oster
Published January 12, 2017

Neo-Nazi armed march in Montana postponed over lack of city permit

Marcy Oster
Published January 12, 2017

Knesset advances bill targeting controversial Israeli army veterans group

Marcy Oster
Published January 11, 2017

72 countries, including US, to attend Paris peace conference

Marcy Oster
Published January 11, 2017

Trump taps Obama holdover as secretary of veteran affairs

Marcy Oster
Published January 11, 2017

Trump in response to report of Russian dossier: ‘Are we living in Nazi Germany?

Marcy Oster
Published January 11, 2017

Women can read Torah at Western Wall, Supreme Court rules

Marcy Oster
Published January 11, 2017

Campaign helps young Jews take action for racial justice

Marcy Oster
Published January 11, 2017

Charleston church gunman, who discussed the ‘Jewish problem,’ sentenced to death

Marcy Oster
Published January 11, 2017

Report: Trump, Kushner foundations have donated thousands to Chabad

Marcy Oster
Published January 10, 2017

Michigan enacts anti-boycott law without mentioning Israel

Marcy Oster
Published January 10, 2017

Mother, relatives of truck-ramming terrorist to lose Israeli residency

Marcy Oster
Published January 10, 2017

Israel Museum names new director

Marcy Oster
Published January 10, 2017

Miriam Goldberg, editor and publisher of Intermountain Jewish News since ’72, dies at 100

Marcy Oster
Published January 10, 2017

Ethiopian Israelis will be able to donate blood without restrictions

Marcy Oster
Published January 10, 2017

Netanyahu orders new procedures after no government ministers attend funerals of killed soldiers

Marcy Oster
Published January 10, 2017

Palestinian man who attempted to stab soldiers during West Bank raid killed

Marcy Oster
Published January 10, 2017

Jared Kushner to be named Trump White House senior adviser

Marcy Oster
Published January 9, 2017

Abbas calls on Trump to refrain from moving U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem

Marcy Oster
Published January 9, 2017

Rocks smash stained-glass windows of Philly synagogue for 2nd time

Marcy Oster
Published January 9, 2017

UN Security Council condemns deadly truck-ramming attack on Israeli soldiers

Marcy Oster
Published January 9, 2017

Anti-Semitic note with yellow Star of David left on car of Maryland couple

Marcy Oster
Published January 9, 2017

Two soldiers killed in truck-ramming attack are U.S. citizens

Marcy Oster
Published January 9, 2017

Report: During Trump transition, foreign policy matters relayed through Jared Kushner

Marcy Oster
Published January 8, 2017

Whitefish, Montana rally held to show solidarity with Jewish community

Marcy Oster
Published January 8, 2017

Israel’s London embassy apologizes after staffer says he wants to ‘take down’ lawmakers

Marcy Oster
Published January 8, 2017

Thousands gather in Tel Aviv for unity rally in wake of Azaria verdict

Marcy Oster
Published January 8, 2017

Muslim teen who chased down assailant of Orthodox Jewish woman honored

Marcy Oster
Published January 8, 2017

State Department condemns truck ramming attack in eastern Jerusalem

Marcy Oster
Published January 8, 2017

Netanyahu, businessman discuss quid pro quo in recorded conversations

Marcy Oster
Published January 8, 2017

Deadly truck attack on Israeli soldiers ISIS-inspired, Netanyahu says

Marcy Oster
Published January 8, 2017

Nat Hentoff, journalist, author, music critic and social activist, dies at 91

Marcy Oster
Published January 8, 2017

MLA convention delegates vote down resolution endorsing academic boycott of Israel

Marcy Oster
Published January 8, 2017

Four soldiers killed, 15 injured by truck in eastern Jerusalem in suspected terror attack

Marcy Oster
Published January 8, 2017

Neo-Nazi website: Hamas member will speak at armed march in Montana on MLK Day

Marcy Oster
Published January 5, 2017

French politicians mark 2 years since terror attack on kosher market, Charlie Hebdo

Marcy Oster
Published January 5, 2017

Package with anti-Semitic epithet, Nazi reference left at door of Canadian couple

Marcy Oster
Published January 5, 2017

Amsterdam’s Anne Frank House attracts record crowds for 7th straight year

Marcy Oster
Published January 5, 2017

Wendy’s tweets image of hate meme Pepe the Frog

Marcy Oster
Published January 5, 2017

Suspects arrested in vandalism of gravestone of Jewish grandparents in Indiana

Marcy Oster
Published January 5, 2017

Bomb threats called in to two Orlando-area Jewish institutions

Marcy Oster
Published January 5, 2017

Netanyahu: Pardon soldier who shot downed Palestinian

Marcy Oster
Published January 4, 2017

Online petition calls on Rabbi Marvin Hier to withdraw from Trump inauguration

Marcy Oster
Published January 4, 2017

Marrakesh Jewish neighborhood returning to original name by order of Morocco’s king

Marcy Oster
Published January 4, 2017

Montana neo-Nazi march still on, white supremacist website editor says

Marcy Oster
Published January 4, 2017

Soldier’s conviction in shooting of downed Palestinian attacker divides Israeli lawmakers

Marcy Oster
Published January 4, 2017

Sheldon Adelson’s 18-hour flight from Israel to Honolulu sets record

Marcy Oster
Published January 4, 2017

Critically injured IDF officer dies more than 2 years after Gaza war

Marcy Oster
Published January 4, 2017

Israeli soldier who shot downed Palestinian terrorist convicted of manslaughter

Marcy Oster
Published January 4, 2017

Israeli archaeologist scolded for Temple Mount reference at Jerusalem holy site

Marcy Oster
Published January 3, 2017

Cave explorers find ancient engravings in Israel

Marcy Oster
Published January 3, 2017

Palestinians on motorbikes attack officers at West Bank checkpoint

Marcy Oster
Published January 3, 2017

Hasidic singer Mordechai Ben David slurs Obama at Jerusalem concert

Marcy Oster
Published January 3, 2017

AG announces enough evidence against Netanyahu for criminal investigation

Marcy Oster
Published January 3, 2017

SpaceX finds cause of launch pad explosion that destroyed $300 million Israeli satellite

Marcy Oster
Published January 2, 2017

Alleged carjackers killed when SUV crashes into New Haven, Conn. synagogue

Marcy Oster
Published January 2, 2017

Jerusalem mother suspected in murder-suicide of her four children

Marcy Oster
Published January 2, 2017

Netanyahu reportedly sets time to be questioned over criminal allegations

Marcy Oster
Published January 2, 2017

Arab-Israeli lawmaker accused of smuggling cell phones to Palestinian prisoners suspended from Knesset activity

Marcy Oster
Published January 2, 2017

Israel arranges return of body of Israeli-Arab teen killed in Istanbul attack

Marcy Oster
Published January 2, 2017

Israel’s Security Cabinet: Bodies of Hamas terrorists will not be returned

Marcy Oster
Published January 1, 2017

Ivanka Trump’s in-laws are donors to group headed by rabbi giving inaugural prayer

Marcy Oster
Published January 1, 2017

Haredi man tells London family court his daughter faces ostracism due to non-observant mother

Marcy Oster
Published January 1, 2017
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