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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

Three GOP candidates to address AIPAC via satellite

JTAPublished March 1, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Three of the four Republican presidential candidates will speak to the AIPAC conference by satellite on Super Tuesday. Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich each will address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference...

Gingrich to address AIPAC

JTAPublished February 22, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Newt Gingrich will address the AIPAC policy conference. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker, who is trailing in the race for the Republican presidential nod, is the first in the GOP field to announce his participation. No date...

President Obama receives the King Abdul Aziz Order of Merit from
Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 3,
2009.

Atlanta Jewish paper’s column on assassinating Obama sparks national uproar

By Uriel Heilman, JTAPublished January 25, 2012

NEW YORK—When news outlets began reporting last Friday that the owner of the Atlanta Jewish Times had published an opinion column seemingly suggesting that Israel might be wise to assassinate President Barack Obama, the response from prominent American...

Rabbis’ love for Israel: Is it a generational thing?

By Dan Klein, JTA, NEW YORKPublished October 12, 2011

Do Conservative rabbis become more politically conservative on Israel as they grow older, or are older rabbis simply more right wing than younger rabbis when it comes to Israel?A new study by the Conservative movement's flagship institution presents some...

AIPAC, B’nai Amoona welcome speaker from Israel for community briefing Sept. 7

Published August 24, 2011

AIPAC and Congregation B'nai Amoona are holding a community briefing by Leslie Levy Mirchin, AIPAC Director of Policy and Research in Israel. Mirchin will speak on "A View from Jerusalem: The Struggle in September" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7 during...

AIPAC viewed U.S. gov’t as targeting pro-Israel groups during espionage probe

By Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished December 17, 2010

WASHINGTON — It was a case that transfixed the pro-Israel community: the arrest in August 2005 on espionage charges of two senior officials at the most influential pro-Israel group in Washington, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Before...

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