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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

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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

Israeli troops withdraw to areas around Gaza border

Marcy Oster
Published August 3, 2014

Report: Israel listened in on Kerry peace conversations

Marcy Oster
Published August 3, 2014

At least 10 dead in shelling on UN school in Gaza

Marcy Oster
Published August 3, 2014

IDF soldier declared dead was relative of defense minister

Marcy Oster
Published August 3, 2014

Protesters threaten British cosmetics store that sells Israeli products

Marcy Oster
Published July 31, 2014

Israeli tourists evacuated from Maldives

Marcy Oster
Published July 31, 2014

Police fire at haredi woman at Western Wall

Marcy Oster
Published July 31, 2014

Recognize Yom Kippur as official holiday, 32 countries tell UN

Marcy Oster
Published July 31, 2014

Netanyahu: All Gaza tunnels will be destroyed with or without cease-fire

Marcy Oster
Published July 31, 2014

Shell strikes crowded Gaza market

Marcy Oster
Published July 30, 2014

Hamas calls for Hezbollah to join fight against Israel

Marcy Oster
Published July 30, 2014

Summer vacation canceled for Hasidic, haredi yeshivas

Marcy Oster
Published July 30, 2014

Three Jews arrested in beating of Palestinians in Jerusalem

Marcy Oster
Published July 30, 2014

Brussels Jewish museum shooting suspect charged with murder

Marcy Oster
Published July 30, 2014

IDF authorizes humanitarian window in Gaza fighting

Marcy Oster
Published July 30, 2014

Peres on Gaza: Time to turn to diplomacy

Marcy Oster
Published July 30, 2014

Weapons found stored in third UN school in Gaza

Marcy Oster
Published July 30, 2014

France extradites Brussels Jewish museum shooting suspect

Marcy Oster
Published July 29, 2014

PA announces 24-hour cease-fire approved by all Palestinian factions

Marcy Oster
Published July 29, 2014

Five Israeli soldiers killed in kibbutz infiltration attempt

Marcy Oster
Published July 29, 2014

Gaza’s only power plant knocked out by shelling

Marcy Oster
Published July 29, 2014

Sydney Jewish board: Newspaper cartoon ‘racially vilifies’ Jews

Marcy Oster
Published July 29, 2014

Anti-Semitic incidents double in Britain since start of Gaza op

Marcy Oster
Published July 28, 2014

Investigation opened into beating of Palestinian men in eastern Jerusalem

Marcy Oster
Published July 28, 2014

Budapest synagogue site of interfaith rally supporting Israel

Marcy Oster
Published July 28, 2014

Four Israeli civilians killed in attack in southern Israel

Marcy Oster
Published July 28, 2014

Synagogue, cars in North Miami vandalized with ‘Hamas’

Marcy Oster
Published July 28, 2014

3 killed when Gaza hospital hit; 7 die in nearby park

Marcy Oster
Published July 28, 2014

Report: Hamas planned Rosh Hashanah attack through Gaza tunnels

Marcy Oster
Published July 28, 2014

Chicago public school principal reassigned after anti-Semitic bullying

Marcy Oster
Published July 28, 2014

Family of Max Steinberg comforted by visitors to Western Wall

Marcy Oster
Published July 28, 2014

Turkey’s Erdogan pledges to keep country’s Jews safe

Marcy Oster
Published July 28, 2014

U.N. Security Council calls for Gaza cease-fire

Marcy Oster
Published July 28, 2014

New Hungarian envoy to Italy, called ‘raging’ anti-Semite, quits

Marcy Oster
Published July 28, 2014

Letter threatens Mumbai synagogues over Gaza conflict

Marcy Oster
Published July 27, 2014

Writer Bel Kaufman dies at 103

Marcy Oster
Published July 27, 2014

Kerry’s rejected cease-fire proposal leaked

Marcy Oster
Published July 27, 2014

Israeli inquiry finds U.S. school courtyard was empty when mortar hit

Marcy Oster
Published July 27, 2014

Pope Francis appeals for peace in Middle East, Iraq and Ukraine

Marcy Oster
Published July 27, 2014

JetBlue rant victim admits she is Jewish, not Palestinian

Marcy Oster
Published July 27, 2014

Trial begins for main suspect in revenge murder of Palestinian teen

Marcy Oster
Published July 27, 2014

Sydney Jewish leader resigns government post over Gaza conflict

Marcy Oster
Published July 27, 2014

Terror attack thwarted at West Bank checkpoint

Marcy Oster
Published July 27, 2014

Hamas requests additional 24-hour cease-fire as rocket fire continues

Marcy Oster
Published July 27, 2014

Israel observes 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

Marcy Oster
Published July 26, 2014

Mass. Jewish cemetery vandalized

Marcy Oster
Published July 25, 2014

Israeli soccer team attacked in Austria

Marcy Oster
Published July 24, 2014

West Bank Rabbi Dov Lior: Jewish law permits destruction of Gaza

Marcy Oster
Published July 24, 2014

IDF soldiers arrested for leaking casualty information on WhatsApp

Marcy Oster
Published July 24, 2014

Shelling on U.N. building in Gaza serving as shelter kills at least 15

Marcy Oster
Published July 24, 2014

Relocate Thai nationals from near Gaza border, embassy asks

Marcy Oster
Published July 24, 2014

150 Palestinians arrested during raids on southern Gaza

Marcy Oster
Published July 24, 2014

Pro-Palestinian student demonstrators arrested in Australia for flag burning

Marcy Oster
Published July 24, 2014

Rockets intercepted over central Israel hours after FAA lifts ban

Marcy Oster
Published July 24, 2014

Former Auschwitz guard dies before extradition to Germany

Marcy Oster
Published July 23, 2014

Police: Murdered Florida State prof Dan Markel was target

Marcy Oster
Published July 23, 2014

Three IDF soldiers killed in Gaza home explosion

Marcy Oster
Published July 23, 2014

Military airfield lands as alternative to banned Ben Gurion

Marcy Oster
Published July 23, 2014

Tens of thousands attend funeral for U.S. lone soldier Max Steinberg

Marcy Oster
Published July 23, 2014

Israel’s Gaza actions could be war crimes, U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay says

Marcy Oster
Published July 23, 2014

Two IDF soldiers killed in Gaza, Thai worker dies in Ashkelon bombing

Marcy Oster
Published July 23, 2014

IDF strikes Gaza hospital it calls Hamas command center

Marcy Oster
Published July 23, 2014

Nominee as Hungarian envoy to Italy called ‘raging’ anti-Semite

Marcy Oster
Published July 23, 2014

Stoudemire postpones Tel Aviv basketball camp

Marcy Oster
Published July 23, 2014

Rabbinical organization calls for international Israeli flag display

Marcy Oster
Published July 23, 2014

Israel fires on Gaza school sheltering displaced Palestinians

Marcy Oster
Published July 23, 2014

Additional soldier killed in Gaza, IDF announces

Marcy Oster
Published July 22, 2014

Rockets discovered at second U.N. school in Gaza

Marcy Oster
Published July 22, 2014

Israeli soldier missing but presumed dead

Marcy Oster
Published July 22, 2014

Discovering that Israeli troops aren’t made of Teflon

Marcy Oster
Published July 22, 2014

Israeli man seriously hurt in West Bank shooting

Marcy Oster
Published July 22, 2014

Planeload of North American immigrants lands in Israel

Marcy Oster
Published July 22, 2014

Rocket hits Tel Aviv-area home

Marcy Oster
Published July 22, 2014

U.S. commits $47 million in humanitarian assistance for Gaza

Marcy Oster
Published July 22, 2014

State Department warns Americans to defer Israel travel

Marcy Oster
Published July 22, 2014

Two more IDF soldiers killed in Gaza combat, another believed dead is missing

Marcy Oster
Published July 22, 2014

Arab-Israelis, police clash at protest

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2014

Work completed overnight on Hungarian WWII monument

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2014

Israel’s U.N. envoy denies Hamas claim of captive soldier

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2014

Leaflets threaten Chicago Jews over Israel in Gaza

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2014

SodaStream fires Palestinian employees in Ramadan fast dispute

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2014

Pro-Israel rallies held in 3 Australia cities

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2014

Florida State U. prof Dan Markel slain in home shooting

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2014

Report: Israel hit Sudan site housing missiles for Gaza

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2014

10 terrorists killed after entering Israel through Gaza tunnel

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2014

Two U.S. citizens among Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza City

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2014

Main suspect in Khdeir revenge murder named

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2014

Backstreet Boys scrap Israel shows due to Gaza crisis

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2014

Israel’s Supreme Court: State need not move more shelters near Bedouin

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2014

Obama tells Netanyahu that Kerry will travel to region

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2014

U.N. agency returned rockets to Hamas, Israeli official says

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2014

Kashmir teen killed by Indian troops at protest of Israel’s Gaza op

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2014

State Dept. official on using #UnitedForGaza hashtag: ‘My bad’

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2014

Argentine boxer Carolina Duer defends bantamweight crown

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2014

Argentine boxer Carolina Duer defends bantamweight boxing crown

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2014

Israel agrees to two-hour humanitarian truce

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2014

Two more Israeli soldiers killed as ground war in Gaza expands

Marcy Oster
Published July 20, 2014

Israel shoots down second Hamas drone

Marcy Oster
Published July 17, 2014

Dueling commemorations set for 20th anniversary of AMIA bombing

Marcy Oster
Published July 17, 2014

Murdered Palestinian teen designated as terror victim

Marcy Oster
Published July 17, 2014
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