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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

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is a former Navy Seal who made national headlines during his political campaign with  TV ads showing Greitens firing military weapons. Here he is shown at  United Hebrew  in January, the weekend before his inauguration.  File photo

Las Vegas shooting brings debate over gun rights, regulations to the forefront

By Eric Berger, Staff WriterPublished October 4, 2017

Mark Cantor and his son Zac were both wearing camouflage yarmulkes when they stood on the bimah at Zac’s bar mitzvah in early September at Congregation B’nai Amoona. “The Torah teaches us about morality and compassion and you have that,” Cantor...

Washington University Hillel to host gun violence panel

Published November 24, 2016

Washington University’s Hillel Leadership Council student organization, in partnership with WashU Hillel, will convene a panel to discuss gun violence and gun control in the United States and St. Louis at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28 at the WashU Hillel building,...

Diverse perspectives mark gun violence panel at Central Reform Congregation

By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish LightPublished July 27, 2016

A community-wide panel discussion on gun violence at Central Reform Congregation last week examined the complexities of crime, firearms and relations between police and citizenry in African-American communities.“I thought it was a beginning, a segue...

Despite militarized society, Israel’s strict gun laws keep civilian violence down

By Ben Sales, JTAPublished July 24, 2012

TEL AVIV -- First-time visitors to Israel might be taken aback to see groups of armed teenagers walking through a city plaza on a weeknight, or surprised to walk into a public bathroom and see an M-16 laying across the sinks as a soldier washes his face....

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