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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

Bridal portrait.

Bridal portrait.

Hadas ParushPublished August 5, 2020

In a photo from August 2019, an Israeli woman in a wedding dress is photographed a few days before her wedding with a view of the Old City of Jerusalem in the background. (Hadas Parush/Flash90) 

Palestinian woman caught preparing terror attack

JTAPublished March 6, 2012

JERUSALEM -- A Palestinian woman caught carrying a large knife near the security fence of a West Bank settlement said she was planning to carry out an attack. Police captured the woman, 32, outside the settlement of Emmanuel in the northern West Bank....

Palestinian has sentence reduced in rape by deception case

JTAPublished January 26, 2012

JERUSALEM—Israel's Supreme Court reduced the sentence of a Palestinian man convicted of rape by deception for posing as a Jew. The 18-month sentence imposed on Saber Kashour, 30, was reduced Thursday to six to nine months. His sentencing in July 2010...

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