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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

US embassy in Jerusalem issues security alert following Soleimani killing

Marcy Oster
Published January 6, 2020
New York synagogues offered phones that connect instantly to emergency services

New York synagogues offered phones that connect instantly to emergency services

Marcy Oster
Published January 6, 2020

Chabad emissaries warned to be on ‘high alert’ after Soleimani assassination

Marcy Oster
Published January 6, 2020
Israel activist Ari Fuld in a photo from his Facebook page. (Facebook)

Palestinian teen convicted of killing American-Israeli activist Ari Fuld

Marcy Oster
Published January 6, 2020
Suspect in Hanukkah celebration stabbings Thomas Grafton, 37 years old from Greenwood Lake, leaves the Ramapo Town Hall in Airmont, New York after being arrested on December 29, 2019.(Kena Betancur / AFP)

Alleged Monsey stabber indicted on 6 attempted murder charges

Marcy Oster
Published January 6, 2020

Homeland Security advisory committee issued recommendations to protect religious communities

Marcy Oster
Published January 6, 2020
Israelis gather in Jerusalem to support the "No Hate. No Fear" march taking place on Jan. 5, 2020 in New York City. (Courtesy of Jewish Agency for Israel)

Hundreds gather in Jerusalem for solidarity rally with New York’s ‘No Hate. No Fear’ march

Marcy Oster
Published January 5, 2020
Police outside a rabbi's home in Monsey, N.Y., where at least five people were stabbed, Dec. 29, 2019. (Screenshot from WABC)

New York Times editorial calls for mass support for solidarity march against anti-Semitism

Marcy Oster
Published January 2, 2020
The Rev. Al Sharpton and Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, talk to reporters after a meeting with African-American clergy and civil rights leaders to condemn the attacks on Jews in New York in recent weeks. (Courtesy of the Foundation For Ethnic Understanding)

Al Sharpton gathers black leaders for meeting with NY rabbi in wake of Monsey attack

Marcy Oster
Published December 30, 2019

Bret Stephens under fire for NY Times column on Jewish intelligence

Marcy Oster
Published December 30, 2019

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls Monsey attack at rabbi’s home ‘domestic terrorism’

Marcy Oster
Published December 29, 2019
A scene from "Prisoners of War." (Screenshot from YouTube)

‘Prisoners of War,’ the Israeli show that became ‘Homeland,’ is the NY Times’ favorite international series of the decade

Marcy Oster
Published December 26, 2019

Three assaults against Jews reported in New York in just over 24 hours

Marcy Oster
Published December 26, 2019

Gal Gadot adapting controversial Israeli-Palestinian love story into film

Marcy Oster
Published December 26, 2019

Israel will seize ‘pay for slay’ salaries paid to Arab-Israeli prisoners

Marcy Oster
Published December 26, 2019

Netanyahu rushed off stage in Ashkelon as rocket fired from Gaza triggers alarms

Marcy Oster
Published December 25, 2019
The exterior of the Nessah Synagogue. Photo: Toglenn/Wkimedia Commons

Suspect in Beverly Hills synagogue vandalism pleads not guilty to charges including hate crime

Marcy Oster
Published December 24, 2019

Holocaust survivor dies from injuries after being dropped in transit to White House Hanukkah party

Marcy Oster
Published December 24, 2019
A police officer stands in front of the crime scene near JC Kosher Supermarket in Jersey City, N.J., the site of a deadly shooting, Dec. 11, 2019. (Laura E. Adkins/JTA)

Hanukkah candles lit at Jersey City kosher market where 3 were killed

Marcy Oster
Published December 23, 2019

David Blatt hired as consultant for New York Knicks

Marcy Oster
Published December 23, 2019
Jessica Meir's Hanukkah socks, seen far above earth. (Jessica Meir/Twitter) 

Astronaut Jessica Meir tweets Hanukkah message from space

Marcy Oster
Published December 23, 2019
Yeshiva University's Mendel Gottesman Library (Wikimedia Commons)

Arsonist sets Yeshiva University dorm on fire using matches meant for Hanukkah candles

Marcy Oster
Published December 22, 2019
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Princeton student government candidate called ‘poor choice’ because he served in Israeli army

Marcy Oster
Published December 12, 2019
Harvey Weinstein and Donna Rotunno leaving a Manhattan court, July 11, 2019. (Raymond Hall/GC Images)

Harvey Weinstein and former company reach tentative $25 million settlement with dozens of his accusers

Marcy Oster
Published December 12, 2019

Israel will hold unprecedented third election in under a year

Marcy Oster
Published December 11, 2019

Thousands march in support of Italian lawmaker, a Holocaust survivor, targeted with threats

Marcy Oster
Published December 11, 2019
The scene outside the site of a deadly shooting at kosher supermarket in Jersey, City, N.J., Dec. 10, 2019. (Josefin Dolsten/JTA)

Jersey City mayor says gunmen targeted kosher supermarket in shootout that left 6 dead

Marcy Oster
Published December 11, 2019

6 killed in Jersey City shootout that ends at kosher supermarket

Marcy Oster
Published December 10, 2019
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Albania’s prime minister lauds Israeli soldiers helping country in aftermath of deadly earthquake

Marcy Oster
Published December 10, 2019

Bernie Sanders among 5 presidential candidates to sign senators’ letter seeking ouster of Stephen Miller

Marcy Oster
Published December 10, 2019
Rick Wiles, a Florida pastor known for his anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, is the founder of TruNews. (Screenshot from Vimeo)

2 Jewish Congress members want White House to shun news outlet that called Trump impeachment effort ‘Jew Coup’

Marcy Oster
Published December 10, 2019

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski in Israel to meet with Netanyahu, report says

Marcy Oster
Published December 10, 2019

Israeli student beaten on Paris Metro train after he was heard speaking Hebrew

Marcy Oster
Published December 10, 2019

Rabbi films threats against him at New Jersey Costco, aggressor arrested

Marcy Oster
Published December 10, 2019
(Beatie Deutsch/Instagram)

Haredi Orthodox mother of 5 may have to give up Olympic dream over Shabbat

Marcy Oster
Published December 9, 2019
The alma mater statute on the Columbia University campus (Wikimedia Commons)

Columbia and Tel Aviv U will offer a dual degree program

Marcy Oster
Published December 9, 2019

Julian Edelman wears custom cleats to support baseball in Israel

Marcy Oster
Published December 9, 2019

Israel sets a March 2 election date if government isn’t formed. That’s 3 votes in less than a year.

Marcy Oster
Published December 9, 2019

Ronald Lauder is funding a $25 million campaign against anti-Semitism in US politics

Marcy Oster
Published December 9, 2019

Tires of more than 160 cars slashed in Arab neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem

Marcy Oster
Published December 9, 2019

First trailer drops for ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ starring Gal Gadot

Marcy Oster
Published December 9, 2019

Thousands rally in London’s Parliament Square against anti-Semitism

Marcy Oster
Published December 9, 2019

Israeli taxi driver finds $60,000 cash left in his cab and returns it

Marcy Oster
Published December 9, 2019

Man injured in Chabad of Poway shooting sues Jewish center for lax security

Marcy Oster
Published December 9, 2019

Bernie Sanders staff member who posted anti-Semitic, homophobic tweets ‘no longer with campaign’

Marcy Oster
Published December 8, 2019

Florida naval station shooter called U.S. ‘evil’ for supporting Israel

Marcy Oster
Published December 8, 2019

Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after rockets fired at Sderot

Marcy Oster
Published December 8, 2019

13 countries vote against a UN General Assembly resolution against Israel for the first time

Marcy Oster
Published December 4, 2019

Arizona State U student government passes resolution to support Jewish students

Marcy Oster
Published December 4, 2019

Gal Gadot and her husband are remaking an Israeli crime drama for a US audience

Marcy Oster
Published December 4, 2019

3 teens throw rock at bus filled with Jewish elementary schoolers in Brooklyn

Marcy Oster
Published December 4, 2019

Scarlett Johansson is back as Black Widow

Marcy Oster
Published December 3, 2019

Arrest made in vandalism of Washington’s historic Sixth & I synagogue

Marcy Oster
Published December 3, 2019

Adam Neumann makes personal visit to native Israel in wake of WeWork ouster

Marcy Oster
Published December 2, 2019

Moshe Holtzberg, whose parents were killed in the Mumbai attack, called to Torah for bar mitzvah

Marcy Oster
Published December 1, 2019

Amazon criticized for selling Christmas ornaments with Auschwitz images

Marcy Oster
Published December 1, 2019

Chicago university removes faculty member after assignment includes question on if Holocaust happened

Marcy Oster
Published December 1, 2019

Planning of new Jewish neighborhood in Hebron approved

Marcy Oster
Published December 1, 2019

Israeli fighter planes strike Hamas military compound in northern Gaza

Marcy Oster
Published December 1, 2019

Christmas ornaments with images of Auschwitz are for sale on Amazon

Marcy Oster
Published December 1, 2019

Rabbi beaten while visiting London

Marcy Oster
Published December 1, 2019

Bergen-Belsen ledger allowing Holocaust survivors to remarry to be auctioned

Marcy Oster
Published November 28, 2019

Bolivia will renew diplomatic ties with Israel

Marcy Oster
Published November 28, 2019

Gaza border demonstrations canceled for third week in a row

Marcy Oster
Published November 28, 2019

City of Malmo allocates $2 million to initiatives to protect its Jewish community

Marcy Oster
Published November 28, 2019

Israel denounces attrocities against Rohingya in Myanmar after diplomat’s tweet

Marcy Oster
Published November 28, 2019

Dozens of cars vandalized in Arab-Israeli town in suspected hate crime

Marcy Oster
Published November 28, 2019

Two Jewish teens attacked by group of men in Brooklyn

Marcy Oster
Published November 28, 2019

When a Texas synagogue burned to the ground, there were no Jews left to mourn it

Marcy Oster
Published November 27, 2019

Israel will not return bodies of Palestinian terrorists to their families

Marcy Oster
Published November 27, 2019

Israel fires on Hamas targets in Gaza in retaliation for rocket attack

Marcy Oster
Published November 27, 2019

Thousands rally for Netanyahu and against indictment in Tel Aviv

Marcy Oster
Published November 27, 2019

Jewish candidate for British Labour Party bombarded with death threats

Marcy Oster
Published November 27, 2019

House introduces resolution condemning rocket attacks on Israel

Marcy Oster
Published November 26, 2019
Rabbi Moshe Shulman (right) traveled with other Orthodox Jews from St. Louis to the biennial Orthodox Union Community Fair on Nov. 24 in New York. 

St. Louis, other U.S. cities woo Jewish families and individuals interested in relocating

Marcy Oster
Published November 26, 2019

Nearly 6,000 Chabad emissaries from 100 countries gather for conference

Marcy Oster
Published November 25, 2019

Columbia College Student Council approves holding campus-wide Israel divestment referendum

Marcy Oster
Published November 25, 2019

Ex-WeWork CEO Adam Neumann helped Jared Kushner on Mideast peace plan

Marcy Oster
Published November 25, 2019

Mother of Israeli-American woman imprisoned in Russia asks Putin to pardon her daughter

Marcy Oster
Published November 24, 2019

Open regional US Food and Drug Administration office in Israel, lawmakers say

Marcy Oster
Published November 24, 2019

106 Democratic congressmen sign letter condemning State Department reversal on settlements

Marcy Oster
Published November 24, 2019

Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized after fever and chills

Marcy Oster
Published November 24, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicted for corruption

Marcy Oster
Published November 21, 2019

Israel might be headed to a third round of elections in less than a year

Marcy Oster
Published November 20, 2019

Gantz says he cannot form a government, paving way for possible third election

Marcy Oster
Published November 20, 2019

Jewish groups join letter demanding ouster of Stephen Miller for white supremacist views

Marcy Oster
Published November 20, 2019

Sondland invokes family’s Holocaust past in impeachment hearing remarks

Marcy Oster
Published November 20, 2019

Gantz and Netanyahu to meet night before deadline in final attempt to form government

Marcy Oster
Published November 19, 2019

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill agrees to resolution over anti-Semitism complaint

Marcy Oster
Published November 14, 2019

Bipartisan House legislation would help Israel combat ‘killer drones’

Marcy Oster
Published November 14, 2019

Police investigate reports of threats against Jewish students at Massachusetts middle school

Marcy Oster
Published November 14, 2019

Teen arrested and charged with hate crimes in Brooklyn egg attacks

Marcy Oster
Published November 14, 2019

Israel’s Bedouins get a new center to help with job training

Marcy Oster
Published November 14, 2019

Israel and Gaza terror groups reach cease-fire

Marcy Oster
Published November 14, 2019

Gaza rocket strikes assisted-living facility in southern Israel, injuring a woman in her 70s

Marcy Oster
Published November 13, 2019

Palestinian terror groups fire 300 rockets on Israel in retaliation for assassination of senior leader

Marcy Oster
Published November 13, 2019

Jewish institutions and tourists warned of terror attack in India

Marcy Oster
Published November 12, 2019

Dozens of rockets fired from Gaza after Israel assassinates Palestinian Islamic Jihad senior commander

Marcy Oster
Published November 12, 2019

Hot and dry conditions spark fires in northern Israel

Marcy Oster
Published November 11, 2019

Greece will adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism

Marcy Oster
Published November 10, 2019
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