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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
Young Israel of Greater Miami. Photo: Facebook.

Man shot outside of Miami synagogue

Marcy Oster
Published July 29, 2019

CNN contributor found making anti-Semitic tweets

Marcy Oster
Published July 28, 2019

Ayelet Shaked will head joint electoral list of right-wing parties

Marcy Oster
Published July 28, 2019

Israeli woman chases down flasher in Massachusetts

Marcy Oster
Published July 28, 2019

Bernie Sanders ‘absolutely’ would cut US aid to Israel to pressure government

Marcy Oster
Published July 28, 2019

Housing developers sue New York officials for trying to keep out Hasidic Jews

Marcy Oster
Published July 28, 2019

Israeli teens accused of Cyprus rape released

Marcy Oster
Published July 28, 2019
Israeli Arrow Missile. (U.S. Navy) 

Arrow 3 missile defense system passes interception tests in Alaska

Marcy Oster
Published July 28, 2019

Crowdfunding campaign raises $2.2 million in 5 days to save 2-year-old Florida girl’s life

Marcy Oster
Published July 25, 2019

Switzerland threatened to arrest Ehud Olmert for war crimes, so he canceled his trip

Marcy Oster
Published July 25, 2019

Israeli Embassy in Finland vandalized for 15th time in past 18 months

Marcy Oster
Published July 25, 2019

Bernie Madoff asks Trump to commute his 150-year sentence

Marcy Oster
Published July 25, 2019

Jeffrey Epstein found unconscious in his jail cell with neck injuries

Marcy Oster
Published July 25, 2019

Rabbis are making it harder for Israeli immigrants to prove they’re Jewish, study says

Marcy Oster
Published July 24, 2019
Anne Neuberger attended an Orthodox Jewish day school for girls in Brooklyn. Photo courtesy National Security Agency

Orthodox Jewish woman to head National Security Agency’s new cybersecurity section

Marcy Oster
Published July 24, 2019

Boycott threats force burger restaurant founded in Israel to delay Michigan opening

Marcy Oster
Published July 24, 2019
A mule walks into an Israeli airport, July 24, 2019. (Rubi Hammerschlag/Twitter)

This mule walks into an airport … really, in Israel

Marcy Oster
Published July 24, 2019
The Canadian Parliament Building. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Canadian court orders review of federal election date that falls on Jewish holiday

Marcy Oster
Published July 24, 2019

Senate legislation would help care for Holocaust survivors

Marcy Oster
Published July 24, 2019

Ehud Barak wants to unseat Netanyahu — but first he has to get the Jeffrey Epstein monkey off his back

Marcy Oster
Published July 23, 2019

Saudi Arabian blogger attacked by Palestinians at Temple Mount

Marcy Oster
Published July 23, 2019
More than 2,500 teens participating in NCSY summer programs in Israel meet for one night in Raanana. (Photo courtesy of the Orthodox Union) 

2,500 Jewish teens from US and around the world meet for one night in Israel

Marcy Oster
Published July 23, 2019

Jared Kushner to visit Middle East to finalize economic peace plan

Marcy Oster
Published July 22, 2019

Trump tweets congratulations to Netanyahu on breaking Ben-Gurion’s record

Marcy Oster
Published July 22, 2019

Thief tries to steal half a ton of chickpeas from kibbutz in southern Israel

Marcy Oster
Published July 22, 2019

Ayelet Shaked to head New Right party

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2019

Montana rabbis condemn Sen. Steve Daines for his support of president’s racist tweets

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2019

Trump involves Israel again in criticizing 4 Democratic congresswomen

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2019

Natalie Portman announced as female Thor in upcoming Marvel movie

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2019

Netanyahu surpasses Ben Gurion as Israel’s longest-serving prime minister

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2019
Entrance to the Kotel HaKatan, or Little Western Wall, located in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. (Wikimedia Commons) 

‘Slaughter the Jews’ painted on section of Western Wall in Muslim Quarter

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2019

Israel’s ambassador to US, Ron Dermer, to complete tenure at end of September

Marcy Oster
Published July 21, 2019

Former Wimbledon champ says she was denied club membership due to anti-Semitism

Marcy Oster
Published July 14, 2019

Northern Israeli city rescinds ban on non-residents in its park deemed racist

Marcy Oster
Published July 14, 2019

Barak says attorneys working to dissolve limited partnership with Jeffrey Epstein

Marcy Oster
Published July 14, 2019

BBC exposé on Labour party anti-Semitism has ‘inaccuracies,’ Corbyn says

Marcy Oster
Published July 14, 2019

Biden, Buttigieg, Booker respond to IfNotNow question about occupation

Marcy Oster
Published July 14, 2019

Israel’s new education minister under fire for supporting gay conversion therapy

Marcy Oster
Published July 14, 2019

Israel will deal a ‘crushing military blow’ to Lebanon if it attacks, Netanyahu warns

Marcy Oster
Published July 14, 2019

Hamas threatens revenge after member killed at border by Israeli soldiers

Marcy Oster
Published July 11, 2019
A view of the Back Bay at False Cape State Park in Virginia Beach, Va. (Wikimedia Commons)

Official search called off for Virginia rabbi who jumped in ocean to save student

Marcy Oster
Published July 11, 2019
A view of the Back Bay at False Cape State Park in Virginia Beach, Virginia (Wikimedia Commons)

Norfolk, Virginia rabbi missing after jumping in ocean to save struggling student

Marcy Oster
Published July 10, 2019

After 50 years on a dusty shelf in Germany, Hebrew scrolls return to Israel

Marcy Oster
Published July 9, 2019

Bullet ricocheted off the ground and killed Ethiopian teen, investigation finds

Marcy Oster
Published July 8, 2019

Artist who drew anti-Semitic cartoon invited to White House

Marcy Oster
Published July 7, 2019

Celebrities praise rebbe’s teachings on 25th anniversary of his death

Marcy Oster
Published July 7, 2019

Linda Sarsour tweets that Jesus was Palestinian and Twitter goes crazy

Marcy Oster
Published July 7, 2019
Jews arriving at Auschwitz in 1944. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Florida high school principal: ‘Not everyone believes the Holocaust happened’

Marcy Oster
Published July 7, 2019
Ehud Barak, a former prime minister of Israel, announces the establishment of a new political party that he will lead, in Tel Aviv, June 26, 2019. (Flash 90) 

Barak names his new political party The Israel Democratic Party

Marcy Oster
Published July 7, 2019

5 Israeli soldiers injured in car-ramming attack

Marcy Oster
Published July 7, 2019

Iran breaches cap on uranium enrichment level

Marcy Oster
Published July 7, 2019

Kushner says economic plan won’t be implemented without political solution

Marcy Oster
Published July 4, 2019
Eva Kor, who survived the twin experiments of Josef Mengele at Auschwitz, preached forgiveness.  

Eva Mozes Kor, survivor of Mengele twin experiments who preached forgiveness, dies at 85

Marcy Oster
Published July 4, 2019

Mad magazine to stop publishing new content

Marcy Oster
Published July 4, 2019

Petah Tikvah inaugurates city square honoring Trump

Marcy Oster
Published July 4, 2019

The protests by Ethiopian Israelis, explained

Marcy Oster
Published July 3, 2019

Neil Diamond’s life story is coming to Broadway

Marcy Oster
Published July 3, 2019

Second mass grave of Jewish Holocaust victims discovered in Romania

Marcy Oster
Published July 3, 2019

U.S. embassy hosts July 4th celebration for first time in Jerusalem

Marcy Oster
Published July 3, 2019

Dozens arrested in demonstrations protesting Ethiopian-Israeli’s shooting death by off-duty cop

Marcy Oster
Published July 2, 2019

Richard Dreyfuss is more worried about how Jews treat others than anti-Semitism

Marcy Oster
Published July 2, 2019
A view of barracks from Auschwitz-Birkenau in the U.S. Holocaust Museum's permanent exhibition. (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum)

US Holocaust Museum takes ‘radical position’ in migrant camps debate, hundreds of scholars say

Marcy Oster
Published July 2, 2019

Some army cadets listen to rabbis over military commanders, former Israeli defense minister says

Marcy Oster
Published July 2, 2019
Holocaust survivor Roman Kent tells his story to German State Secretary Dr. Rolf Bösing and visitors to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. (Courtesy of Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany)

Holocaust survivors’ spouses and non-Jewish rescuers receive benefits under new agreement

Marcy Oster
Published July 2, 2019
Karlie Kloss converted to Judaism before marrying Josh Kushner, the brother of President Trump's senior adviser Jared Kushner, last year. Photo: Robert Kamau/GC Images

Karlie Kloss says converting to Judaism wasn’t just about Josh Kushner

Marcy Oster
Published July 2, 2019

More demonstrations planned as funeral held for killed Ethiopian-Israeli teen

Marcy Oster
Published July 2, 2019

Israeli equestrian show jumping squad to compete in Olympics for first time

Marcy Oster
Published July 1, 2019

Plane with blown tire lands safely at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport

Marcy Oster
Published July 1, 2019

U.S. diplomats slammed for inaugurating Pilgrimage Road in eastern Jerusalem

Marcy Oster
Published June 30, 2019

Did a Brooklyn judicial candidate adopt her Jewish husband’s last name to win the race?

Marcy Oster
Published June 30, 2019

Labour again suspends key Corbyn ally who said British party is too apologetic on anti-Semitism

Marcy Oster
Published June 30, 2019

Palestinian Authority arrests, releases Hebron businessman who attended Bahrain summit

Marcy Oster
Published June 30, 2019

Pittsburgh Jewish federation gives over $650,000 to Christchurch victims

Marcy Oster
Published June 30, 2019

The richest person in at least 7 states is Jewish

Marcy Oster
Published June 27, 2019

Israel blames Russia for GPS disruptions on planes around Ben Gurion Airport

Marcy Oster
Published June 27, 2019

Northern Israeli city changes name to avoid confusion with Jesus’ birthplace

Marcy Oster
Published June 27, 2019

HBO series about events leading to 2014 Gaza War to premiere

Marcy Oster
Published June 27, 2019

Gary Rosenblatt stepping down as editor and publisher of The New York Jewish Week

Marcy Oster
Published June 26, 2019
Israel's Beresheet spacecraft took this "selfie" as it attempted to land on the moon. Photo: SpaceIL/YouTube 

SpaceIL says Beresheet will shoot higher than the moon

Marcy Oster
Published June 26, 2019

Israel halts fuel transfers to Gaza with arson balloon attacks on the rise

Marcy Oster
Published June 25, 2019

Jewish Power party breaks alliance with Jewish Home party endangering right-wing bloc

Marcy Oster
Published June 25, 2019
Drew Gulak went on Birthright in 2010. (Wikimedia Commons)

Jewish wrestler known as ‘the Philadelphia Stretcher’ wins WWE cruiserweight championship

Marcy Oster
Published June 24, 2019

Pittsburgh Jewish community rallies around city church after learning of bomb plot

Marcy Oster
Published June 24, 2019

American Library Association to remove Dewey name from medal over his anti-Semitism and misogyny

Marcy Oster
Published June 24, 2019

Headstones smashed at Jewish cemetery in South Africa

Marcy Oster
Published June 24, 2019
Jared Kushner's brother Josh and supermodel Karlie Kloss, who converted to Judaism for him, tied the knot. (Karlie Kloss/Twitter)

Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner celebrate marriage…again

Marcy Oster
Published June 24, 2019

Best-selling novelist Judith Krantz dies at 91

Marcy Oster
Published June 23, 2019

Israeli rhythmic gymnast Linoy Ashram takes 2 gold medals at 2019 European Games

Marcy Oster
Published June 23, 2019

John Bolton arrives for meetings in Israel amid U.S-Iran tension

Marcy Oster
Published June 23, 2019

Robert Kraft announces foundation to combat anti-Semitism at Genesis Prize ceremony

Marcy Oster
Published June 20, 2019

Israel approves $40.4 million to help Ethiopian students succeed in higher education

Marcy Oster
Published June 20, 2019

Iran shoots down U.S. military drone amid rising tensions

Marcy Oster
Published June 20, 2019

Owner of Liverpool deli accused of selling non-kosher meat found dead

Marcy Oster
Published June 20, 2019

Department of Education to investigate Middle East conference called anti-Israel

Marcy Oster
Published June 19, 2019
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem can again lay claim to being Israel's top university. Photo: Wikimedia Commons  

6 Israeli universities ranked among the world’s top 1,000

Marcy Oster
Published June 19, 2019

Miriam Adelson is Israel’s richest person, with $22 billion

Marcy Oster
Published June 19, 2019
Elan Carr, shown in April 2019, said in an interview in Israel, "We live in a time of danger." (Screenshot from C-Span) 

Armed guards should protect every synagogue, Jewish school and JCC, US anti-Semitism envoy says

Marcy Oster
Published June 19, 2019

Police reopen investigation of Palestinian worker at settlement school of accused of raping Jewish girl

Marcy Oster
Published June 19, 2019

French-Israeli billionaire Patrick Drahi buys Sotheby’s

Marcy Oster
Published June 18, 2019
Roseman's Delicatessen in Liverpool is the main kosher eatery for Jews in the English city. (Google Street View) 

Liverpool’s main kosher outlet caught selling nonkosher meat and poultry

Marcy Oster
Published June 18, 2019
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