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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 Marcy Oster

With the government in flux, Israel’s president tells lawmakers to ‘get a grip’ and lead

Marcy Oster
Published July 23, 2020

Israeli diplomats buy 600 pounds of tahini to back Arab-Israeli businesswoman hit by boycott

Marcy Oster
Published July 23, 2020

Twitter says it accidentally closed the accounts of some users for posting Star of David

Marcy Oster
Published July 23, 2020

Spain adopts International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of anti-Semitism

Marcy Oster
Published July 22, 2020

Israel’s government coalition teeters after vote to ban gay conversion therapy

Marcy Oster
Published July 22, 2020

Thousands protest Netanyahu in Jerusalem

Marcy Oster
Published July 22, 2020

Son of millionaire US businessman makes $75 million bid for major stake in El Al Airlines

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2020

Israel accused of airstrike on Damascus that killed 5 Iran-backed fighters

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2020

Israel’s schools will open on time even with rise in coronavirus cases, education minister asserts

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2020

Israel’s nurses strike to protest extra load due to the coronavirus

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2020

Iran executes translator convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad and the CIA

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2020

Israeli court acquits 2 men who beat Eritrean asylum seeker to death after mistaking him for a terrorist

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2020

Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue moves forward with rebuilding plans

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2020

Far-left French politician accuses Jews of being responsible for Jesus’ death

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2020

Demonstrators in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv protest Israel’s coronavirus response amid surge in cases

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2020

Chevron acquires Noble Energy in $5 billion deal and its stake in the Israel market

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2020
Anti-Semitic graffiti found on Beth Israel Sinai in Racine, Wis., Sept. 22, 2019. (Joyce Placzkowski) 

Wisconsin man pleads guilty to vandalizing Racine synagogue as part of involvement in hate group

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2020

Man who robbed 4 teens at Baltimore mall and called them ‘dirty Jews’ arrested

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2020

Retired NBA great Charles Barkley calls out Black sports figures and celebrities for anti-Semitism

Marcy Oster
Published July 19, 2020

Nick Cannon’s daytime talk show delayed, but not canceled, over anti-Semitic comments

Marcy Oster
Published July 19, 2020

Netanyahu will have to face witnesses in corruption trial, but not until at least January 2021

Marcy Oster
Published July 19, 2020

Ontario police apologize for treating vandalized monument to Nazi collaborators as a hate crime

Marcy Oster
Published July 19, 2020

Israeli kindergarten teacher who begged parents to follow quarantine rules dies of COVID-19

Marcy Oster
Published July 19, 2020

News outlets covering Israel found to have run more ‘deepfake’ op-eds

Marcy Oster
Published July 17, 2020

Nick Cannon talks with rabbi and issues ‘sincere’ apology for video with anti-Semitic statements

Marcy Oster
Published July 16, 2020

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jemele Hill call out anti-Semitism in the Black community

Marcy Oster
Published July 15, 2020

18 Jewish groups want US to pressure Jordan to extradite Sbarro pizzeria bomber

Marcy Oster
Published July 15, 2020
Vandalized gravestones at the medieval Jewish cemetery in the German city of Worms. (City of Worms website)

Dozens of gravestones vandalized in Europe’s oldest surviving Jewish cemetery

Marcy Oster
Published July 15, 2020

Israel to limit class sizes, keep older students home in second attempt at reopening schools

Marcy Oster
Published July 15, 2020

‘Death to Jews’ and swastikas drawn on gravestones in southern France

Marcy Oster
Published July 15, 2020

ViacomCBS fired Nick Cannon over anti-Semitic comments. He claims he’s gotten an ‘outpouring of love’ from the Jewish community.

Marcy Oster
Published July 15, 2020

Family of autistic Palestinian man killed by Israeli police told there is no security camera footage of incident

Marcy Oster
Published July 14, 2020

Israelis may be limited to spending High Holidays with nuclear family, report says

Marcy Oster
Published July 14, 2020

Orthodox Jewish man says he was beaten in Brooklyn by 3 men after he responded to their anti-Semitic slurs

Marcy Oster
Published July 14, 2020

4 Jewish teens robbed at Baltimore mall say they were targeted for their religion

Marcy Oster
Published July 14, 2020

Synagogues closed again in California following new statewide restrictions responding to rise in coronavirus cases

Marcy Oster
Published July 14, 2020

Ukraine bans annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Uman over coronavirus pandemic

Marcy Oster
Published July 14, 2020

Suspect arrested in vandalism of Israel’s Donald Trump Square

Marcy Oster
Published July 14, 2020
Shira Sapir receives her certification as "morat hora'ah" and spiritual leader from Ohr Torah Stone during a ceremony in Jerusalem, July 5, 2020. (Gershon Ellinson) 

A liberal Orthodox education organization certifies a female decisor of Jewish law

Marcy Oster
Published July 9, 2020
Jewish Agency staff members in Jerusalem during a briefing about the effects of the coronavirus crisis on Diaspora Jewish communities, July 8, 2020. (Courtesy of the Jewish Agency)  

Jewish Agency releases numbers of Jewish coronavirus deaths from countries around the world

Marcy Oster
Published July 9, 2020

Pittsburgh Steelers’ Zach Banner says Jews are minority, too, and we must ‘put our arms around them’

Marcy Oster
Published July 9, 2020

Julian Edelman invites DeSean Jackson to have ‘uncomfortable conversations’ about anti-Semitism and Black Lives Matter

Marcy Oster
Published July 9, 2020

Include kosher and halal food in emergency coronavirus food programs, senators tell Agriculture Department

Marcy Oster
Published July 9, 2020

Benny Gantz enters quarantine as Israel hits highest total of confirmed coronavirus cases in 24 hours

Marcy Oster
Published July 8, 2020
Immigration to Israel could spike due to the coronavirus pandemic, leading groups say

Immigration to Israel could spike due to the coronavirus pandemic, leading groups say

Marcy Oster
Published July 8, 2020

Jewish groups to NFL star DeSean Jackson: Let us teach you about dangers of anti-Semitism

Marcy Oster
Published July 8, 2020

Muslim civil liberties group to represent inmate denied kosher food in Michigan jail

Marcy Oster
Published July 7, 2020
New York Jewish Week says it will put print edition on hiatus in favor of ‘digital-first model’

New York Jewish Week says it will put print edition on hiatus in favor of ‘digital-first model’

Marcy Oster
Published July 7, 2020

NFL star DeSean Jackson posts anti-Semitic quotes attributed to Hitler on his Instagram story

Marcy Oster
Published July 7, 2020

Survey finds Israelis split on annexing West Bank territory

Marcy Oster
Published July 6, 2020

Israeli man who rescued Bedouin woman and her 3 children to be posthumously honored

Marcy Oster
Published July 6, 2020

3 rockets fired from Gaza on southern Israel

Marcy Oster
Published July 6, 2020

University professor in Argenina offers bonus to ‘whoever finds a poor Jew’

Marcy Oster
Published July 6, 2020
The Ofek 16 reconnaissance satellite blasts off into space from a launch site in central Israel on July 6, 2020. (Israel Ministry of Defense Spokesperson's Office)

Israel successfully launches new spy satellite

Marcy Oster
Published July 6, 2020

Auschwitz museum says preserved historic site is different from statues honoring controversial figures

Marcy Oster
Published July 6, 2020
Political cartoon published July 3, 2020 by The Anderson County Review against Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly's order requiring state residents to wear masks. Photo: The Anderson County Review Facebook page

After criticism, Kansas newspaper removes cartoon likening mask requirement to the Holocaust

Marcy Oster
Published July 5, 2020
Benny Gantz speaks at a Blue and White party meeting, June 29, 2020. The defense minister reportedly said that "anything that is not related to the coronavirus will wait.” Photo: Noam Moskowitz

‘Not every incident in Iran is connected to us,’ Gantz tells Israelis about explosions at Iranian nuclear sites

Marcy Oster
Published July 5, 2020

Knesset member under fire after dismissing concerns that Israelis cannot afford food

Marcy Oster
Published July 5, 2020

In 3-hour Fourth of July speech, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan rebuts charges of anti-Semitism

Marcy Oster
Published July 5, 2020
Omer Adam in the music video for "Kuku Riku." (Screen shot from YouTube)

Israeli pop stars’ music video with Mexican and Arab garb — and giant roosters — irks some viewers

Marcy Oster
Published July 2, 2020
Redefine Meat’s Alt-SteakTM products begin market testing with selected high-end chefs ahead of full market availability in 2021

Plant-based steaks using a 3-D printer? An Israeli startup will test them out in high-end restaurants.

Marcy Oster
Published July 1, 2020
The U.S. Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv is seen with Pride color flags, June 13, 2019. (U.S. Embassy Jerusalem/Twitter) 

Jerusalem removes Pride banner from US Embassy building over signage bylaws

Marcy Oster
Published June 24, 2020
Nefesh B’Nefesh co-founders Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart, and Maj. -Gen. (ret.) Yoav Galant, minister of Aliyah and Integration, with 41 future Lone Soldiers who arrived on a flight of 242 new immigrants from North America, Aug. 14, 2019. (Shahar Azran) 

Israel immigration group Nefesh B’Nefesh reports highest number of applications since its founding

Marcy Oster
Published June 24, 2020

U of Cincinnati votes to remove Marge Schott’s name from its stadium over her anti-Semitism and racism

Marcy Oster
Published June 24, 2020

8,000 Florida State students call for ouster of their Senate president over comments on Israel and Jews

Marcy Oster
Published June 23, 2020

Joel Schumacher, director of ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’ and 2 ‘Batman’ films, dies at 80

Marcy Oster
Published June 23, 2020

Benny Gantz says Israel will press ahead with annexation plans if Palestinians aren’t willing to talk

Marcy Oster
Published June 23, 2020
Misliya Cave on Mount Carmel in northern Israel (Mina Weinstein-Evron, University of Haifa) 

Small rodent fossils found in Israel challenge assumptions about when man first arrived there

Marcy Oster
Published June 22, 2020
TikTok social media platform users target young people with anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial, study finds

TikTok social media platform users target young people with anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial, study finds

Marcy Oster
Published June 22, 2020

Israeli government research institute says its COVID-19 vaccine has worked on hamsters

Marcy Oster
Published June 22, 2020

Trump supported Israeli attack on Iran, John Bolton writes in tell-all memoir

Marcy Oster
Published June 22, 2020

Tel Aviv to recognize same-sex and interfaith couples

Marcy Oster
Published June 21, 2020

Palestinian Authority places 2 West Bank cities on lockdown over rise in coronavirus cases

Marcy Oster
Published June 21, 2020
Rabbi Baruch Gazahay of the Shas Party in an election campaign poster. (Facebook) 

Incoming Knesset member who said women’s immodesty causes breast cancer and miscarriages resigns after outcry

Marcy Oster
Published June 17, 2020

Auschwitz memorial and museum will reopen to visitors on July 1

Marcy Oster
Published June 17, 2020

With the number of cases rising, Israel extends emergency measures to halt spread of coronavirus

Marcy Oster
Published June 17, 2020

Trump administration indicates it would use financial pressure on Jordan to extradite Palestinian terrorist

Marcy Oster
Published June 16, 2020
Rabbi Baruch Gazahay of the Shas Party in an election campaign poster. (Facebook) 

New Knesset member said women’s immodesty causes breast cancer and miscarriages

Marcy Oster
Published June 16, 2020

Rocket fired from Gaza into Israel for first time in more than a month

Marcy Oster
Published June 16, 2020

Israeli government officially approves plans to build Golan community named for Trump

Marcy Oster
Published June 15, 2020
The Zomet Institute, a non-profit Israeli organization dedicated to designing electronic equipment and other equipment that are permitted on Shabbat,has developed a digital thermometer that has been approved for use on Shabbat. (Zomet Institute website) 

Israeli rabbis are divided over temperature checks on Shabbat, a tool to stop the spread of disease

Marcy Oster
Published June 14, 2020

Trump authorizes sanctions against International Criminal Court and blasts its investigation of Israel

Marcy Oster
Published June 11, 2020

Israeli pop star Noa Kirel signs multimillion-dollar deal with Atlantic Records, possibly largest ever for an Israeli artist

Marcy Oster
Published June 11, 2020

UC Davis student government president vetoes boycott Israel resolution

Marcy Oster
Published June 9, 2020

Bar Refaeli gets community service for tax evasion, but her mother is going to prison

Marcy Oster
Published June 9, 2020
Rabbi Berel Lazar affixing a mezuzah to the front door of the New Synagogue in Kaliningrad, Nov. 8, 2018. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar has the coronavirus

Marcy Oster
Published June 8, 2020

Palestinian who dropped large rock on head of Israeli soldier, killing him, arrested

Marcy Oster
Published June 8, 2020

Synagogues can reopen on limited scale in most of New York state

Marcy Oster
Published June 7, 2020

Iran law to ban the use of Israeli technology

Marcy Oster
Published May 26, 2020

Commercial flights will not resume to Israel until at least mid-July

Marcy Oster
Published May 26, 2020

Israeli court rules accused child sex offender Malka Leifer is mentally fit for extradition to Australia

Marcy Oster
Published May 26, 2020

Orthodox synagogue in Los Angeles holds Friday night services despite state ban

Marcy Oster
Published May 26, 2020
Two undated photos of POW headstones inscribed with swastikas at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. Photo: Courtesy of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.

Lawmakers urge VA chief to remove swastika from German POW gravestones at military cemetery

Marcy Oster
Published May 26, 2020
Ancient Caananite tablet found at the Tel Jemmeh archeological site. Photo: Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority

Israeli boy discovers ancient tablet during family trip in southern Israel

Marcy Oster
Published May 25, 2020

Hundreds protest outside of court as Netanyahu corruption trial opens

Marcy Oster
Published May 24, 2020
The sanctuary at Congregation Anshai Emeth in Peoria, Illinois (Facebook)

Several windows smashed at Reform synagogue in Peoria, Ill.

Marcy Oster
Published May 24, 2020

5 things to know as Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial gets underway, at long last

Marcy Oster
Published May 22, 2020
(Screen shot from Reuters)

Israeli inventors create face mask with slot for eating in public

Marcy Oster
Published May 19, 2020
Iran's Shahid Rajaee Port was hit with a cyberattack by Israeli operatives in retaliation for an Iranian cyber attack on Israel's civilian water system, according to media reports. (Fars News Agency/Wikimedia Commons)

Israel was behind cyberattack on Iranian port that halted shipping traffic, Washington Post reports

Marcy Oster
Published May 19, 2020

Palestinian teen shot to death by Israeli troops amid manhunt to find rock thrower in soldier’s death

Marcy Oster
Published May 13, 2020
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