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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

The long peace and the long war

By Marty RochesterPublished April 13, 2016

I teach international relations. Few fields have undergone more change over the past 25 years than the study of world politics. Humanity has gone from sheer euphoria one moment — on 11/9 (the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, marking the end...

Rabbi Uri Regev heads Hiddush-Freedom of Religion for Israel, a transdenominational, nonpartisan, Israel-Diaspora partnership for religious freedom and equality. His commentary was distributed by JTA.

Landmark conversions ruling is a victory for religious freedom in Israel

By Rabbi Uri RegevPublished April 10, 2016

(JTA) — The Israeli Supreme Court’s recent landmark ruling on conversion is a truly historic decision – for Israeli and American Jewry.While the case only concerns a few individuals, the general rules and unequivocal language have wide significance...

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