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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

Right-wing alliance won’t join Israel’s government coalition after saying Netanyahu offers fall short

Marcy Oster
Published May 13, 2020

Wait to resume services, then proceed carefully, Orthodox Jews are told

Marcy Oster
Published May 10, 2020

Natan Sharansky is using his ‘Jewish Nobel’ winnings to help vulnerable people affected by COVID-19

Marcy Oster
Published May 3, 2020
Trump reiterates his rejection of anti-Semitism in Jewish American Heritage Month proclamation

Trump reiterates his rejection of anti-Semitism in Jewish American Heritage Month proclamation

Marcy Oster
Published April 30, 2020

Palestinian driver rams his car into West Bank checkpoint

Marcy Oster
Published April 30, 2020

Woman, 62, stabbed in apparent terror attack in central Israel

Marcy Oster
Published April 28, 2020

Yair Lapid once allied with Benny Gantz. Now he wants to keep him from becoming prime minister.

Marcy Oster
Published April 27, 2020

Sirens wail throughout Israel at start of Memorial Day, followed by Western Wall ceremony with no audience

Marcy Oster
Published April 27, 2020

Dramatic, socially distanced protests against Israel’s government deal continue in Tel Aviv

Marcy Oster
Published April 26, 2020
Under fire for coronavirus response, Israel’s health minister to resign — and seek top housing job

Under fire for coronavirus response, Israel’s health minister to resign — and seek top housing job

Marcy Oster
Published April 26, 2020
Hazon CEO Nigel Savage practices blowing his shofar. (Courtesy of Hazon)

Jewish environmental group sounds the call: Blow the shofar on Earth Day

Marcy Oster
Published April 21, 2020
Thomas Grafton is taken into custody for the stabbing at a rabbi's home in Monsey, N.Y., Dec. 29, 2019. (Kena Betancur/AFP)

Accused Monsey stabber not mentally fit to stand trial, federal judge rules

Marcy Oster
Published April 21, 2020

Teen Israeli basketball phenom Deni Avdija is entering the NBA draft — and could be a top-5 pick

Marcy Oster
Published April 17, 2020

Colorado’s Jewish governor Jared Polis gets emotional when his stay-at-home order compared to Nazism

Marcy Oster
Published April 17, 2020

Benny Gantz will not be given extension to form a coalition government, Israel’s president says

Marcy Oster
Published April 13, 2020

Landing in Israel during the pandemic? You now must head straight for a state-run quarantine hotel.

Marcy Oster
Published April 12, 2020

Leader of international neo-Nazi group was 13-year-old from Estonia, report says

Marcy Oster
Published April 12, 2020

Jewish astronaut Jessica Meir prepares to return to a changed Earth

Marcy Oster
Published April 12, 2020
The Chabad of Huntsville was spray-painted with swastikas. (WAFF 48/Twitter)

Second synagogue vandalized in Huntsville, Alabama, days after the first

Marcy Oster
Published April 12, 2020
Moshe Grunwald was a modest man who avoided recognition. (Facebook) 

Family of Holocaust survivor mourns over the wrong body

Marcy Oster
Published April 7, 2020

Israel declares complete coronavirus lockdown on eve of Passover

Marcy Oster
Published April 6, 2020
The Eden Roc Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. (WIkimedia Commons)

Jewish school sues Miami Beach hotel for $2.3 million refund after canceling Passover vacation for 1,200

Marcy Oster
Published April 1, 2020
Larry David attends HBO's "The Righteous Gemstones" premiere at the Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles, July 25, 2019. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, for HBO)

Larry David wants ‘the idiots out there’ to stay home and watch TV

Marcy Oster
Published April 1, 2020

Israelis could face random coronavirus tests at supermarkets

Marcy Oster
Published March 31, 2020

Monsey stabbing victim, in coma since December attack, has died

Marcy Oster
Published March 30, 2020

Israel can track cellphones of citizens with coronavirus, its Supreme Court rules

Marcy Oster
Published March 25, 2020

Rabbi Romi Cohn, a Holocaust rescuer who delivered prayer in Congress, dies of coronavirus at 92

Marcy Oster
Published March 24, 2020

Knesset speaker shuts down parliament while pushing unity talks and debating about committees

Marcy Oster
Published March 18, 2020
URJ Heller High students in Tel Aviv, shown dressed up in Purim costumes, are all being flown home to the U.S. (URJ Heller High/Facebook)

With most flights canceled due to coronavirus, a chartered airlift is bringing US teens home from Israel

Marcy Oster
Published March 15, 2020

Israel election update: No coalition in sight

Marcy Oster
Published March 12, 2020

Netanyahu attorneys request postponement of corruption trial

Marcy Oster
Published March 9, 2020

Netanyahu calls coronavirus a ‘global pandemic’, mulls quarantine for visitors to some US states

Marcy Oster
Published March 7, 2020

All the drama that has happened in Israeli politics since this week’s election

Marcy Oster
Published March 5, 2020

James Lipton, longtime host of ‘Inside the Actor’s Studio,’ dies at 93

Marcy Oster
Published March 3, 2020
The National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia has seen its revenue and attendance fall over the past few years. Photo: Wikimedia Commons 

National Museum of American Jewish History files for bankruptcy protection

Marcy Oster
Published March 3, 2020

Israeli elections: Netanyahu’s Likud gains strength, but right-wing bloc again falls short of majority to form government

Marcy Oster
Published March 3, 2020
Campaign signs for Blue and White and the Likud Party jockey for attention outside of a polling station in Karnei Shomron on March 2, 2020. (Marcy Oster)

Israel’s third election in a year improves Netanyahu’s chances of forming a government

Marcy Oster
Published March 2, 2020

Jewish Hall of Fame wrestler Bill Goldberg, at 53, wins WWE title in Saudi Arabia

Marcy Oster
Published March 2, 2020

Israeli elections: Netanyahu and Gantz are neck and neck again, special polling places for voters under coronavirus quarantine

Marcy Oster
Published March 1, 2020

Without absentee voting, Israelis abroad struggle over whether to fly home for 3rd election in a year

Marcy Oster
Published February 27, 2020

Monsey stabbing victim opens eyes after 59 days in coma

Marcy Oster
Published February 26, 2020

347 Reform, Conservative and Orthodox rabbis sign letter that slams Bernie Sanders and supports AIPAC

Marcy Oster
Published February 26, 2020

Texas Jewish high school student kicked off robotics team for anti-Semitic joke

Marcy Oster
Published February 26, 2020

Mike Bloomberg will speak at AIPAC conference

Marcy Oster
Published February 26, 2020
A Ben & Jerry's truck (Wikimedia Commons) 

Ben & Jerry’s election flavor aims to give Israelis ‘a reason to vote’

Marcy Oster
Published February 25, 2020

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who kept the peace with Israel for 30 years, dies

Marcy Oster
Published February 25, 2020

Mike Pence will address AIPAC’s annual conference for 4th straight year

Marcy Oster
Published February 25, 2020

Dozens of new immigrants arrive in Israel from Ethiopia

Marcy Oster
Published February 25, 2020
View of downtown Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. Photo: Guillaume Prévost/Wikimedia Commons

Deed on Montreal-area home contains clause preventing sale to Jews

Marcy Oster
Published February 25, 2020

Malaysia’s anti-Semitic prime minister Mahathir Mohamad resigns

Marcy Oster
Published February 24, 2020

Israel confirms 2nd coronavirus case as South Koreans ordered out of the country

Marcy Oster
Published February 24, 2020
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo talks to reporters in front of the Sidney Albert Albany JCC after the building was evacuated due to an emailed bomb threat, Feb. 23, 2020. Photo: Mike Groll/Office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo

More than 50 JCCs nationwide receive emailed bomb threats

Marcy Oster
Published February 24, 2020

Virginia Beach will suspend school calendar that starts on Rosh Hashanah following Jewish complaints

Marcy Oster
Published February 18, 2020

Ehud Olmert asks Israel’s president to expunge his criminal record

Marcy Oster
Published February 18, 2020

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial to open 2 weeks after elections

Marcy Oster
Published February 18, 2020
The main library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Wikimedia Commons)  

U of Illinois student government president vetoes divestment resolution

Marcy Oster
Published February 18, 2020

Hundreds of Israeli soldiers taken in by Hamas social media scheme featuring fake young women

Marcy Oster
Published February 16, 2020

US ambassador to Israel leads newly named committee mapping out West Bank settlements for Israeli rule

Marcy Oster
Published February 16, 2020

Gilad Shalit, Israeli soldier freed after 5 years of Hamas captivity, is engaged

Marcy Oster
Published February 16, 2020

Cornel West uses Hebrew word ‘chesed’ at Bernie Sanders rally

Marcy Oster
Published February 13, 2020

Abbas asks UN Security Council on Trump peace plan: ‘Who among you would accept a similar state?’

Marcy Oster
Published February 11, 2020
Vered Noam of Tel Aviv University is the first woman to receive the Israel Prize in Talmudic Studies. (Facebook)

Tel Aviv prof Vered Noam is first woman to receive Israel Prize in Talmudic Studies

Marcy Oster
Published February 11, 2020

Major League Baseball says it will stop promoting ads for musician Roger Waters

Marcy Oster
Published February 10, 2020

Bernie Madoff’s victims can weigh in on whether he should receive ‘compassionate release’ from prison

Marcy Oster
Published February 10, 2020
Netanyahu warns Gaza terror groups after another rocket hits southern Israel

Netanyahu warns Gaza terror groups after another rocket hits southern Israel

Marcy Oster
Published February 10, 2020

U.S. ambassador warns Israel against annexing West Bank settlements before getting U.S. approval

Marcy Oster
Published February 9, 2020
Isaac Herzog and Hagit Cohen-Hamo, mother of Ori Hamond, the lone soldier from San Diego injured in a ramming attack in Jerusalem on Feb. 6, plant a tree the following day with students at the San Diego Jewish Academy, where Ori attended before making aliyah and where his mother teaches Hebrew. Photo: Mark Garcia

‘Lone soldier’ from San Diego was among 12 injured in Jerusalem car-ramming attack

Marcy Oster
Published February 9, 2020

Israeli soldiers injured in 3 attacks in 12 hours

Marcy Oster
Published February 6, 2020

Bernie Madoff is dying, asks for ‘compassionate release’ from 150-year prison sentence

Marcy Oster
Published February 6, 2020
Jennifer Lopez and her daughter, Emme Maribel Muniz, perform "Let's Get Loud" during the Super Bowl LIV halftime show at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Feb. 2, 2020. (Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

JLo used an Israeli group’s arrangement of ‘Let’s Get Loud’ during her Super Bowl performance

Marcy Oster
Published February 4, 2020

‘Christian Birthright’ brings thousands of college students to Israel

Marcy Oster
Published February 3, 2020

Arab League unanimously rejects Trump peace plan

Marcy Oster
Published February 3, 2020

Red Hot Chili Peppers will headline a new Israeli music festival

Marcy Oster
Published February 3, 2020
Adam Sandler plays Howard Ratner in "Uncut Gems." (Courtesy of A24)

Adam Sandler signs on to make 4 more movies with Netflix

Marcy Oster
Published February 3, 2020

Palestinians fire rocket from Gaza at southern Israel for fourth day in a row

Marcy Oster
Published February 2, 2020

‘Annexation’ vs. ‘applying Israeli law’ in the West Bank: Why people are using different terms

Marcy Oster
Published January 30, 2020

Israeli Cabinet vote on West Bank annexation won’t happen Sunday, but next week appears possible

Marcy Oster
Published January 29, 2020

Netanyahu’s chief rival sees Trump plan as ‘viable’ in advancing peace with Palestinians

Marcy Oster
Published January 28, 2020

Palestinians threaten to dismantle PA, warn of violence over Trump plan

Marcy Oster
Published January 26, 2020
Ezra Schwartz was killed in a 2015 terrorist shooting in the West Bank. Photo: Twitter

Ezra Schwartz, an American terror victim, loved baseball. Now there’s a field in Israel in his memory.

Marcy Oster
Published January 24, 2020
Stav Meir, 13, with the piece of a Byzantine-era tombstone he found while foraging for mushrooms near his home in Caesarea in northern Israel. (Israel Antiquities Authority)

Israeli teen stumbles on Greek antiquity while foraging for mushrooms

Marcy Oster
Published January 23, 2020

Bradley Cooper will direct and star in Netflix film about Leonard Bernstein

Marcy Oster
Published January 23, 2020

Putin tells mother of jailed American-Israeli woman ‘everything will be all right’

Marcy Oster
Published January 23, 2020

Ukrainian president and his delegation give their seats at Holocaust forum to survivors

Marcy Oster
Published January 23, 2020

Amar’e Stoudemire signs with Maccabi Tel Aviv, spurring calls of traitor by fans of his former Israeli club

Marcy Oster
Published January 22, 2020

Nancy Pelosi leads congressional delegation to Poland and Israel

Marcy Oster
Published January 21, 2020

Mother of jailed American-Israeli backpacker Naama Issachar believes Putin will pardon her this week

Marcy Oster
Published January 20, 2020

Jewish high school student tells Donald Trump that fellow students drew swastikas on her arm

Marcy Oster
Published January 19, 2020

Stav Shaffir, Israel’s liberal rising star, is now in free fall

Marcy Oster
Published January 17, 2020
The South Street Temple in Lincoln, Neb. (WIkimedia Commons)

Vandal paints swastika on stairs of Nebraska synagogue, then takes a picture of his work

Marcy Oster
Published January 16, 2020

Florida man who hugged Nazi camp guard in court withdraws as plaintiff amid survivor controversy

Marcy Oster
Published January 16, 2020

Netanyahu and Putin discuss fate of jailed Israeli backpacker Naama Issachar

Marcy Oster
Published January 16, 2020

Rockets fired at Israel from Gaza and Israel retaliates

Marcy Oster
Published January 15, 2020
Joseph Gluck speaks to reporters the day after witnessing the attack in Monsey, N.Y., Dec. 29, 2019, (Ben Sales)

Man who threw table at Monsey stabber receives NY State Senate’s highest honor

Marcy Oster
Published January 8, 2020

Michael Bloomberg spends $10 million on Super Bowl ad for his presidential campaign

Marcy Oster
Published January 8, 2020
The famed "Arbeit macht frei" sign at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, August 2007. (Wikimedia Commons)

Record 2.32 million people visited Auschwitz in 2019

Marcy Oster
Published January 8, 2020

Across the US, police and locals rally around Jewish communities in wake of rise in anti-Semitic attacks

Marcy Oster
Published January 7, 2020

Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi calls former Soviet immigrants ‘religion-hating gentiles’

Marcy Oster
Published January 7, 2020

Amar’e Stoudemire calls for end of anti-Semitism among African-Americans

Marcy Oster
Published January 7, 2020

Trump’s top peace negotiator meets Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem

Marcy Oster
Published January 7, 2020
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