Skip to Main Content
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

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

U.S. assessment: Israel strike on Iran would be ‘highly complex’

JTAPublished February 20, 2012

JERUSALEM -- An Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities would be a "huge and highly complex operation" that would be far different than its 1981 attack on an Iraqi nuclear reactor, according to a New York Times report. Citing U.S. defense officials...

Arab Spring inflating Israel’s defense costs, Bibi tells U.S. Jewish leaders

JTAPublished February 20, 2012

JERUSALEM -- The Islamistization of the Arab Spring movement has placed "enormous pressure" on Israeli defenses and progress in the peace process, Benjamin Netanyahu told American Jewish leaders. The Israeli prime minister, speaking Sunday night to the...

Israeli strike on Iran would be “destabilizing,” Joint Chiefs head says

JTAPublished February 19, 2012

The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said in an interview that an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities would be "destabilizing." “It’s not prudent at this point to decide to attack Iran,” Gen. Martin Dempsey said in an interview...

Lew meets N.Y. Jewish officials, talks Israel, Iran

JTAPublished February 19, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Jack Lew, President Obama's chief of staff, met with Jewish leaders in New York and fielded questions about differences with Israel. Lew, who is Jewish, met Feb. 17 with a group convened by the New York Jewish Community Relations Council...

Israel warns citizens of terror attacks abroad

JTAPublished February 17, 2012

Israel warned its citizens of possible terrorist attacks targeting them abroad. An unnamed official with Israel's Counterterrorism Bureau told reporters Friday that intelligence gained from the foiled Iranian attackers in Bangkok indicated that more attacks...

Clinton: Iran letter “important step”

JTAPublished February 17, 2012

NEW YORK -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomed Iran's stated willingness to restart negotiations and called it an "important step." In comments to reporters after a meeting Friday at the State Department with Catherine Ashton, the European...

Diplomat’s wife returns to Israel from New Delhi

JTAPublished February 17, 2012

The Israeli diplomat's wife wounded in a bomb attack in New Delhi returned to Israel. Israel Radio reported Friday afternoon that Tal Yehoshua-Koren returned to Israel in an ambulance plane, after her condition was judged improved enough to travel. Yehoshua-Koren,...

Mossad did not anticipate New Delhi attack, newspeper reports

JTAPublished February 16, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Mossad chief Tamir Pardo led a team of Israeli security forces on a visit to India last week, but did not appear to anticipate an attack in the capital, an Indian newspaper reported. The high-level security team did discuss the threat of...

Assassination attempt on Barak averted

JTAPublished February 16, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Israel's Mossad prevented an assassination attempt on Defense Minister Ehud Barak, a Kuwaiti newspaper is reporting. The Mossad, in cooperation with local authorities in Singapore, prevented an attempt on Barak's life during a visit this...

Letters to the editor, week of Feb. 15, 2012

Published February 15, 2012

‘Way of Heaven' was outstanding NJT play I am disappointed that I have not seen any positive reviews of the play "Way to Heaven" performed by the New Jewish Theatre. In my opinion, the production at the NJT was outstanding and is in fact one of the...

Panetta: Israel has not decided to attack Iran

JTAPublished February 14, 2012

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told a Senate committee that he does not believe Israel has decided definitely to attack Iran's nuclear infrastructure. Panetta also told the Armed Services Committee Tuesday that the United States and Israel have "common...

Israeli injured in New Delhi attack stable following surgery

JTAPublished February 14, 2012

JERUSALEM -- The Israeli woman wounded in the car bomb attack in New Delhi is in stable condition after surgery to remove shrapnel. Tal Yehoshua-Koren, the wife of an Israeli Defense Ministry representative to India, reportedly woke for the first time...

Load More Stories