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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

Farrakhan’s ‘truth’: Jews own media, ‘Zionists’ pushing U.S. into Iran war

JTAPublished February 28, 2012

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan decried what he called Jewish control of the media and accused “Zionists” of trying to push America into war with Iran. Farrakhan spoke for three hours Sunday before a crowd of thousands at the 82nd annual Saviors’...

Greek political party stresses commitment against anti-Semitism

JTAPublished February 26, 2012

ATHENS, Greece -- Antonis Samaras, the leader of Greece's New Democracy Party, reaffirmed his personal and the party's commitment against anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. Samaras stressed in an e-mail to the American Jewish Committee that the party's...

A horse named Pogrom upsets Arizona Jews

JTAPublished February 26, 2012

A Polish champion horse entered in an Arizona horse show has offended some local Jewish residents because his name, Pogrom, refers to anti-Jewish attacks. The 3-year-old colt was entered to compete in the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show, which ends Sunday....

Elise Jarvis

Community security is everyone’s responsibility

By Elise Jarvis, JTAPublished February 22, 2012

By Elise Jarvis JTA   NEW YORK—The recent attacks against Israeli diplomats abroad, which are suspected to have been carried out by Iran or its proxies, and the recent series of high-profile anti-Semitic incidents in the United States have raised...

Jewish groups slam anti-Semitism in Venezuela presidential race

JTAPublished February 21, 2012

Jewish groups condemned Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for anti-Semitic attacks by government-controlled media on the opposition's presidential candidate, Henrique Capriles Radonski. The Anti-Defamation League and the Simon Wiesenthal Center in separate...

Greek Jewry concerned over far-right lawmakers’ movement

JTAPublished February 20, 2012

ATHENS -- Greek Jewish leaders have expressed concern over the movement of two far-right lawmakers to the conservative party. Makis Voridis and Adonis Georgiadis, two former deputies of the Popular Orthodox Rally, or Laos, a far-right party, have joined...

Pro-Palestinian Presbyterians close Facebook page after complaints

By Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished February 8, 2012

WASHINGTON -- A pro-Palestinian Presbyterian church affiliate pulled down its Facebook page after Jewish groups complained about offensive postings. "At present, Facebook does not provide a setting where fans can 'like' and 'share' links without posting...

Hungarian political leader questions Holocaust, Israel

JTAPublished February 5, 2012

A leader of Hungary's far-right, anti-Semitic Jobbik Party questioned the Holocaust and claimed that Jews were colonizing Hungary, in an interview with Britain's Jewish Chronicle. Marton Gyongyosi, deputy leader and foreign affairs spokesman for Jobbik,...

Anti-Semitic Hungarian writer and politician, Istvan Csurka, dies

JTAPublished February 5, 2012

Istvan Csurka, a far-right Hungarian writer and politician who was notorious for his anti-Semitism, has died. His family announced his death of an undisclosed illness at the age of 77 on Saturday. Late last year Csurka, a playwright and essayist, had...

Australian broadcaster rejects ‘Promise’ complaints

JTAPublished February 3, 2012

SYDNEY, Australia -- An Australian TV broadcaster rejected complaints from Jewish groups that a controversial series "endorses and reinforces demeaning stereotypes about Jews." Special Broadcasting Service ombudsman Sally Begbie this week dismissed a...

Brazil remembers Jewish and Afro-descendant Shoah victims

JTAPublished January 31, 2012

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil's president attended a Holocaust remembrance ceremony that honored Jewish and Afro-descendant victims. President Dilma Rousseff and several Jewish and non-Jewish officials attended a Holocaust remembrance ceremony held Jan. 29...

Paul reportedly was involved in racist, anti-Semitic newsletters

JTAPublished January 29, 2012

Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul reportedly signed off on racially charged newsletters in the 1990s, despite denying his involvement. Paul said recently that he was not involved in the writing of and did not read the "Ron Paul Survival Report"...

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