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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

House passes enhanced Israel cooperation bill

By Zach Silberman, JTAPublished May 9, 2012

WASHINGTON -- The U.S House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation that reaffirms and enhances U.S. policy commitments to Israel’s security.  The United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012, which was sponsored...

Feds probing N.Y. lawmaker’s fundraiser

JTAPublished January 29, 2012

An ex-aide to an influential rabbi who is now a top fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm may have steered illegal campaign donations to the freshman New York lawmaker. The New York Times reported Jan. 27 that Ofer Biton, a former aide to Rabbi Yoshiyahu...

Editorial: Kookie Monster

Published September 7, 2011

In the Book of Enoch, a second century BCE Jewish Apocrypha, the Behemoth (who is also referenced in the Book of Job) is the land monster and Leviathan the sea monster (there's also Ziz, the sky monster, but we'll save him for another day).Last week on...

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