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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
All content by Marcy Oster

New Jersey passes anti-BDS legislation

Marcy Oster
Published June 27, 2016

US Presbyterians vote to ‘re-evaluate’ two-state solution

Marcy Oster
Published June 27, 2016

Chabad ‘welcome centers’ in Rio to offer kosher food, multilingual assistance for Olympics

Marcy Oster
Published June 27, 2016

Israelis would get 6 Sundays off under bill to create ‘Western’ weekend

Marcy Oster
Published June 27, 2016

Jewish lawmaker resigns from British shadow cabinet

Marcy Oster
Published June 27, 2016

Ex-Auschwitz guard, 94, appeals conviction as accessory to murder

Marcy Oster
Published June 27, 2016

Muslim rioters, police clash on Temple Mount for second day

Marcy Oster
Published June 27, 2016

Netanyahu formally announces reconciliation deal with Turkey

Marcy Oster
Published June 27, 2016

Jewish coach leads Colombia’s national soccer team to third-place Copa victory

Marcy Oster
Published June 27, 2016

Jewish father who took out ad to find son a wife postpones interviews

Marcy Oster
Published June 27, 2016

Netanyahu with Kerry in Rome: Turkey deal will have ‘immense implications’

Marcy Oster
Published June 27, 2016

At least 5 stabbed at Sacramento neo-Nazi rally

Marcy Oster
Published June 26, 2016

Israel, Turkey reportedly reach reconciliation deal

Marcy Oster
Published June 26, 2016

Netanyahu leaving for Rome to meet Kerry

Marcy Oster
Published June 26, 2016

Birthright trip offers college credits

Marcy Oster
Published June 26, 2016

As Turkey reconciliation looms, Netanyahu says Israel working to bring killed soldiers home

Marcy Oster
Published June 26, 2016

Jerusalem gay pride parade stabber sentenced to life in prison

Marcy Oster
Published June 26, 2016

Israeli satellite to secure Rio Olympics

Marcy Oster
Published June 26, 2016

Israel to deliver drip irrigation systems to Paraguayan small farmers

Marcy Oster
Published June 26, 2016

Abbas walks back claim that rabbis called to poison Palestinian water

Marcy Oster
Published June 26, 2016

Ban champ Tyson Fury from boxing over anti-Semitic comments, ex-titlist Wladimir Klitschko says

Marcy Oster
Published June 23, 2016

Venezuelan Jews authenticate 19th-century mikvah

Marcy Oster
Published June 23, 2016

Torah scroll that sat in home closet 15 years donated to Polish museum

Marcy Oster
Published June 23, 2016

Abbas reportedly declines meeting with Rivlin while both in Brussels

Marcy Oster
Published June 23, 2016

Indian state grants minority status to Jewish community

Marcy Oster
Published June 22, 2016

Girl, 11, killed at Indiana camp identified

Marcy Oster
Published June 22, 2016

Israel’s chief rabbinate agrees to mikvah immersion without attendant

Marcy Oster
Published June 22, 2016

Israeli lawmaker calls on Cavs to give Blatt a championship ring

Marcy Oster
Published June 22, 2016

Progressive Jews convene in Latin America to debate democracy as a Jewish value

Marcy Oster
Published June 22, 2016

Israel, US sign cyber defense cooperation agreement

Marcy Oster
Published June 22, 2016

Contract of Ethiopian chief rabbi in Israel to be extended

Marcy Oster
Published June 22, 2016

Albany kosher cheese maker charged with defrauding investors

Marcy Oster
Published June 21, 2016

Girl, 11, killed when tree falls on cabin at Jewish camp in Indiana

Marcy Oster
Published June 21, 2016

Jewish justice joining Argentina’s Supreme Court in landmark appointment

Marcy Oster
Published June 21, 2016

David Cameron: Britain needs to be in the EU to stand up for Israel

Marcy Oster
Published June 21, 2016

Home of Palestinian stabber who killed US college student demolished

Marcy Oster
Published June 21, 2016

Palestinian teen killed as IDF troops respond to rock-throwing attack

Marcy Oster
Published June 21, 2016

Israel supports the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, but ratification depends on region

Marcy Oster
Published June 21, 2016

‘Biblical sheep’ heading to Israel with help of El Al, Canadian couple

Marcy Oster
Published June 20, 2016

EU foreign ministers approve resolution backing French peace initiative

Marcy Oster
Published June 20, 2016

Spanish village that changed name from Kill Jews twins with Israeli town

Marcy Oster
Published June 20, 2016

Anton Yelchin, 27, Russian-Jewish actor of ‘Star Trek’ fame, dies in freak accident

Marcy Oster
Published June 20, 2016

Contract of Ethiopian chief rabbi in Israel not renewed

Marcy Oster
Published June 20, 2016

Brooklyn professor who sired 22 children through donated sperm is married

Marcy Oster
Published June 20, 2016

Man identified as Jewish held in sexual assault of teen ‘gifted’ to him

Marcy Oster
Published June 19, 2016

Israeli NGO presses British voters to approve Brexit

Marcy Oster
Published June 19, 2016

Israel’s rhythmic gymnastics team wins historic gold medal at European Championships

Marcy Oster
Published June 19, 2016

Donald Trump praises Israel’s racial profiling, calls for same in US

Marcy Oster
Published June 19, 2016

Israel sends firefighting aircraft to battle blaze in Cyprus

Marcy Oster
Published June 19, 2016

Israel’s added $18.6M for settlements spurs talk of apartheid from Palestinians

Marcy Oster
Published June 19, 2016

Guatemalan ex-mayor charged in expulsion of Jewish sect

Marcy Oster
Published June 19, 2016

Rhode Island approves anti-boycott legislation

Marcy Oster
Published June 19, 2016

N.Y. man charged with sexually abusing woman on flight home from Israel

Marcy Oster
Published June 19, 2016

Ex-London mayor Ken Livingstone says he may have Jewish roots

Marcy Oster
Published June 19, 2016

Texas PR specialist, Alan Weinkrantz, killed in Tel Aviv accident

Marcy Oster
Published June 19, 2016

Chelsea Clinton and Jewish husband welcome son

Marcy Oster
Published June 19, 2016

Israel being sued by parents of Eritrean man killed after being mistaken for terrorist

Marcy Oster
Published June 16, 2016

Ex-Israeli defense minister says he will run for prime minister

Marcy Oster
Published June 16, 2016

Israeli defense chief Avigdor Liberman to meet US counterpart Ashton Carter in Washington

Marcy Oster
Published June 16, 2016

Israeli realtor shot dead in Colombia

Marcy Oster
Published June 16, 2016

Report: Israel plans to build concrete wall along Gaza above and below ground

Marcy Oster
Published June 16, 2016

App launched to commemorate lost Jewish community of Crete

Marcy Oster
Published June 16, 2016

Israeli-Americans in Boston suburb air anti-Semitism concerns at meeting with mayor

Marcy Oster
Published June 15, 2016

American Jewish Committee taps former board chair as president

Marcy Oster
Published June 15, 2016

Security threat to Kansas City Jewish community ‘resolved’ by law enforcement

Marcy Oster
Published June 15, 2016

Ex-London Mayor Ken Livingstone remains firm in claim Hitler supported Zionism

Marcy Oster
Published June 14, 2016

Bill limiting non-Orthodox mikvah use in Israel advances to full Knesset

Marcy Oster
Published June 14, 2016

Sequel to Mel Gibson’s controversial ‘Passion of the Christ’ reportedly in the works

Marcy Oster
Published June 14, 2016

Long Island Jewish man missing after paddle board overturns in Atlantic Ocean

Marcy Oster
Published June 14, 2016

Man shoots himself in the leg at iconic Zabars in NYC

Marcy Oster
Published June 14, 2016

Israel’s envoy to UN elected chairman of standing committee

Marcy Oster
Published June 14, 2016

Singer Adam Levine offers to pay funeral expenses for slain singer Christina Grimmie

Marcy Oster
Published June 14, 2016

Brooklyn math professor has sired 22 children though donated sperm

Marcy Oster
Published June 13, 2016

Orlando Jewish groups respond to shooting with sadness, calls to action

Marcy Oster
Published June 13, 2016

Brazil regrets UNESCO vote negating Israel’s tie to Western Wall, Temple Mount

Marcy Oster
Published June 13, 2016

Israeli leaders, U.S. Jewish groups mourn Orlando shooting

Marcy Oster
Published June 13, 2016

Gunman who killed 49 in Orlando nightclub pledged allegiance to ISIS

Marcy Oster
Published June 12, 2016

Canada’s high court refuses to hear neo-Nazi case

Marcy Oster
Published June 9, 2016

NY Times editor leaves Twitter over anti-Semitic tweets

Marcy Oster
Published June 9, 2016

4 Tel Aviv attack victims remembered

Marcy Oster
Published June 9, 2016

Canada’s post office halts delivery of Toronto-area anti-Semitic newspaper

Marcy Oster
Published June 9, 2016

Orthodox Jewish woman suing former employer for Passover sanctions

Marcy Oster
Published June 9, 2016

Pope Francis to visit Auschwitz

Marcy Oster
Published June 9, 2016

Italy’s Parliament approves bill criminalizing Holocaust denial

Marcy Oster
Published June 9, 2016

Lieberman pledges response to terror attack as Palestinian travel permits rescinded

Marcy Oster
Published June 9, 2016

Chief Rabbinate warns Israeli businesses using alternative kosher supervision

Marcy Oster
Published June 8, 2016

Israeli author Etgar Keret awarded $100,000 Bronfman Prize

Marcy Oster
Published June 8, 2016

Study: Israeli-founded companies based in Massachusetts brought $9.3 billion to the state

Marcy Oster
Published June 8, 2016

Israel does not know how many Palestinians live in West Bank areas it controls

Marcy Oster
Published June 8, 2016

Echo added to ADL hate symbols database

Marcy Oster
Published June 7, 2016

Rabbi Michael Lerner to speak at Muhammad Ali funeral

Marcy Oster
Published June 7, 2016

Members of U.S. anthropological group reject Israel boycott resolution

Marcy Oster
Published June 7, 2016

Argentinian-Israeli soccer star powers team to premier A league

Marcy Oster
Published June 7, 2016

Women of the Wall director detained by police over Torah scroll

Marcy Oster
Published June 7, 2016

Hackers hit 2 Mark Zuckerberg social media accounts

Marcy Oster
Published June 6, 2016

Jewish school board chief says he’s not ‘anti-Christian’ after invocation canceled

Marcy Oster
Published June 6, 2016

Second downed Palestinian was executed in Hebron, human rights group claims

Marcy Oster
Published June 6, 2016

Netanyahu says his office received $40K from French businessman on trial

Marcy Oster
Published June 6, 2016

Ukraine arrests Frenchman planning to attack synagogue during Euro 2016

Marcy Oster
Published June 6, 2016

Netanyahu travels to Russia to meet with Putin

Marcy Oster
Published June 6, 2016
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