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St. Louis Jewish Light
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

Leno will make first visit to Israel to present Genesis Prize

Marcy Oster
Published May 1, 2014

Netanyahu wants law defining Israel as Jewish state

Marcy Oster
Published May 1, 2014

British vets launch online drive against ritual slaughter

Marcy Oster
Published May 1, 2014

Al Feldstein, longtime editor of Mad magazine, dies

Marcy Oster
Published May 1, 2014

Construction worker arrested in Stark murder

Marcy Oster
Published May 1, 2014

Israeli filmmaker and actor Assi Dayan, son of Moshe Dayan, dies

Marcy Oster
Published May 1, 2014

Anne Frank tree sapling planted at Capitol as ‘living testament’

Marcy Oster
Published May 1, 2014

Adelson gets go-ahead to buy Israeli newspaper

Marcy Oster
Published April 30, 2014

Intel to invest as much as $6 billion in Israeli factory

Marcy Oster
Published April 30, 2014

Ukrainian mayor undergoes second operation at Israel’s Rambam Hospital

Marcy Oster
Published April 30, 2014

Hamas terror cell planning attacks against Israeli targets arrested

Marcy Oster
Published April 30, 2014

Police questioning suspect in Stark murder case

Marcy Oster
Published April 30, 2014

Apartment complex housing students vandalized with swastikas in Florida

Marcy Oster
Published April 30, 2014

Senate committee advances Stanley Fischer as Federal Reserve’s No. 2

Marcy Oster
Published April 29, 2014

Amy Whitehouse’s mother rips ex-hubby of late singer for graveside interview

Marcy Oster
Published April 29, 2014

N.Y. City Council joins efforts to punish French rail firm SNCF

Marcy Oster
Published April 29, 2014

Brooklyn man gets probation for throwing bleach in rabbi’s face

Marcy Oster
Published April 29, 2014

Sterling banned for life from Clippers, NBA for racist remarks

Marcy Oster
Published April 29, 2014

U.S. soldiers lose bid to dress according to religious beliefs

Marcy Oster
Published April 29, 2014

Houston man pleads guilty to synagogue bomb threats

Marcy Oster
Published April 29, 2014

Ethiopian-Israeli lawmaker slams Sterling in letter to NBA’s Silver

Marcy Oster
Published April 29, 2014

Mosque in northern Israel vandalized in ‘price tag’ attack

Marcy Oster
Published April 29, 2014

Report: Israel approved nearly 14,000 West Bank apartments during peace talks

Marcy Oster
Published April 29, 2014

Shot Ukrainian mayor airlifted to Israel for treatment

Marcy Oster
Published April 29, 2014

Berlusconi: I am longtime friend of Israel and Jewish people

Marcy Oster
Published April 29, 2014

German-Jewish leader calls for public response to anti-Semitic attack

Marcy Oster
Published April 29, 2014

Thousands of young Jews take part in March of the Living

Marcy Oster
Published April 28, 2014

AIPAC calls Kerry’s apartheid warning on Israel troubling, offensive

Marcy Oster
Published April 28, 2014

Islam convert from Judaism sentenced for encouraging attacks on Jews

Marcy Oster
Published April 28, 2014

National Yiddish Book Center receiving top library medal

Marcy Oster
Published April 28, 2014

U. of New Mexico graduate students pass divestment resolution

Marcy Oster
Published April 28, 2014

Obama: Yom Hashoah is day to honor survivors, oppose anti-Semitism

Marcy Oster
Published April 28, 2014

Palestinians aiming to join dozens of international bodies, agreements

Marcy Oster
Published April 28, 2014

Tens of thousands participate in Budapest Holocaust memorial march

Marcy Oster
Published April 28, 2014

Jewish groups condemn Sterling remarks

Marcy Oster
Published April 28, 2014

Report: Kerry warns Israel could become ‘an apartheid state’

Marcy Oster
Published April 28, 2014

Report praises Germany, U.S. for Nazi-hunting efforts

Marcy Oster
Published April 28, 2014

American Jewish stem cell donor guest at recipient’s chuppah

Marcy Oster
Published April 28, 2014

Anti-Semitic attacks almost a ‘daily phenomenon,’ global survey finds

Marcy Oster
Published April 27, 2014

‘Armed presence’ part of Kansas City JCC security upgrade in wake of attack

Marcy Oster
Published April 27, 2014

Yad Vashem rite launches Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration in Israel

Marcy Oster
Published April 27, 2014

Killer of Baltimore Jewish girl rejected in bid for new trial

Marcy Oster
Published April 27, 2014

Israel’s Cabinet approves more Holocaust survivor benefits

Marcy Oster
Published April 27, 2014

Probe of alleged Donald Sterling slurs will move quickly, NBA chief Adam Silver says

Marcy Oster
Published April 27, 2014

Argentina turns diplomatic focus to Israel

Marcy Oster
Published April 27, 2014

Immigration detainee sues Alabama prison for kosher food

Marcy Oster
Published April 27, 2014

Two-post Holocaust popes proclaimed saints by Catholic church

Marcy Oster
Published April 27, 2014

Abbas: Palestinians will never recognize Israel as Jewish state

Marcy Oster
Published April 27, 2014

Abbas calls Holocaust ‘heinous crime’

Marcy Oster
Published April 27, 2014

Israel to host ATP men’s tennis tournament

Marcy Oster
Published April 24, 2014

Suspected Kansas City JCC shooter receives month-long delay from court

Marcy Oster
Published April 24, 2014

Separatists free American-Israeli journalist Simon Ostrovsky

Marcy Oster
Published April 24, 2014

Northeastern U. reinstates Students for Justice in Palestine chapter

Marcy Oster
Published April 24, 2014

Update: Israel’s security Cabinet suspends peace talks in response to Palestinian unity accord

Marcy Oster
Published April 24, 2014

New Holocaust curriculum in Israel to begin in kingergarten

Marcy Oster
Published April 24, 2014

Israel’s Security Cabinet meets to discuss Palestinian unity accord

Marcy Oster
Published April 24, 2014

Jews for Jesus video shows Jesus being sent to Nazi gas chambers

Marcy Oster
Published April 24, 2014

Report: Starbucks to buy 10 % stake in SodaStream

Marcy Oster
Published April 24, 2014

Separatists confirm holding American-Israeli journalist Simon Ostrovsky hostage.

Marcy Oster
Published April 24, 2014

Tunisian parliament summons tourism minister over Israeli passports

Marcy Oster
Published April 24, 2014

Synagogue worshipers in London save family from burning car

Marcy Oster
Published April 23, 2014

Rabbi Aaron Landes, longtime Naval Reserve chaplains chief, dies

Marcy Oster
Published April 23, 2014

Israeli strike injures bystanders after missing Islamic Jihad operative

Marcy Oster
Published April 23, 2014

Attorney who asked to join Moroccan Islamist party says he’s not Jewish

Marcy Oster
Published April 23, 2014

Police investigating Israeli organ-trafficking ring

Marcy Oster
Published April 23, 2014

U.S. calls for Hungarian dialogue over Holocaust memorial

Marcy Oster
Published April 23, 2014

Three teenage girls arrested for vandalizing Muslim gravestones

Marcy Oster
Published April 23, 2014

Netanyahu: Abbas must choose between peace with Israel or Hamas

Marcy Oster
Published April 23, 2014

Ex-Met Council chief William Rapfogel to plead guilty in financial scam

Marcy Oster
Published April 23, 2014

Suffolk University defends choice of Foxman as commencement speaker

Marcy Oster
Published April 23, 2014

Britain’s Football Association fines soccer player for quenelle support

Marcy Oster
Published April 22, 2014

Amb. Shapiro: Israelis welcome in the United States

Marcy Oster
Published April 22, 2014

Abbas: Settlement freeze, agreement on borders to extend peace talks

Marcy Oster
Published April 22, 2014

More Jewish sites vandalized in Ukraine

Marcy Oster
Published April 22, 2014

Jewish lawyer asks to join Morocco’s ruling Islamist party

Marcy Oster
Published April 22, 2014

Jordan summons Israeli ambassador over Temple Mount violence

Marcy Oster
Published April 22, 2014

Israel attacks Gaza sites in response to rocket, bomb attacks

Marcy Oster
Published April 22, 2014

Missouri mayor resigns over support of Kansas killer’s views

Marcy Oster
Published April 22, 2014

Supreme Court to hear Jerusalem passport case for second time

Marcy Oster
Published April 22, 2014

U.S. says dismantling Palestinian Authority would have ‘grave implications’

Marcy Oster
Published April 22, 2014

Report: Abbas threatens to dismantle Palestinian Authority

Marcy Oster
Published April 20, 2014

Warsaw marks Ghetto uprising

Marcy Oster
Published April 20, 2014

Israel asks Bangkok police to provide extra security for Israeli tourists

Marcy Oster
Published April 20, 2014

Montreal man skips mother’s seders, wins $1 million in poker tournaments

Marcy Oster
Published April 20, 2014

Southeastern Ukrainian synagogue reportedly firebombed

Marcy Oster
Published April 20, 2014

Egyptian police seize Jewish artifacts being smuggled to Belgium

Marcy Oster
Published April 20, 2014

Alleged Kansas City gunman said world should ‘get rid’ of Jews before attack

Marcy Oster
Published April 20, 2014

Utah man pleads guilty to firing on synagogue

Marcy Oster
Published April 20, 2014

Missouri alderwoman resigns over mayor’s backing of Kansas City gunman

Marcy Oster
Published April 20, 2014

Temple Mount closed for third time during Passover holiday due to Arab rioting

Marcy Oster
Published April 20, 2014

Palestinian rioters attack IDF outpost in Hebron

Marcy Oster
Published April 16, 2014

Paris court dismisses racial hatred charge against Bob Dylan

Marcy Oster
Published April 16, 2014

Passover supplies arrive in Nepal in time for massive seder

Marcy Oster
Published April 16, 2014
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