By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published October 31, 2019
Last week, AJC (American Jewish Committee) released what it is calling a “landmark survey” on anti-Semitism in America, timed to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, which claimed the lives of...
Address: 7751 Carondelet Ave., Suite 501, St. Louis, Mo. 63105Phone: 314-721-8866 | fax: 314-721-8626 | email: [email protected] | website: ajc.orgNancy Lisker, St. Louis Regional Director | Alana Umansky-Minoff, CoordinatorAJC Mission: To enhance the...
Film’s St. Louis connection Regarding the Light’s Oct. 5 review of “Denial”: Readers of the Light might be interested to learn a little known fact about the trial of Deborah Lipstadt that is not mentioned in the film. Members of the American...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published May 11, 2016
Jonathan Kamel, a student senator at Northwestern University, helped counter the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction movement’s efforts in 2015 to pass a resolution targeted at Israel at the school. Kamel was involved with the school’s Hillel, which...
By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 22, 2012
The St. Louis branch of the American Jewish Committee is asking the Missouri Legislature in Jefferson City to send the Iranian government in Tehran a strong symbolic message. The AJC wants the legislature to pass a bill this spring that would ban companies...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 18, 2012
From kosher food certification to separation of church and state to a ballot initiative on photo identification for voting, the local Jewish community looks forward to a diverse agenda as the Missouri General Assembly resumes work in Jefferson City this...
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe renewed the posting of Rabbi Andrew Baker of the American Jewish Committee to its top anti-Semitism post. On Wednesday, AJC said that the OSCE had reappointed Baker to be its personal representative...
