ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
• Published January 27, 2022
In 1998, native St. Louisan Leah Elbaum Hakimian and her husband, Yusef, left St. Louis for Israel, where they made aliyah and settled in Jerusalem. They had been living in Clayton and raising four daughters. The family was a member of B’rith Sholom...
Danya Belkin, Israel21c.org
• Published November 8, 2021
Jerusalem has many Instagram-worthy spots. If you’re looking to liven up your Instagram feed or just want to explore Jerusalem, searching out these places will be not only an enjoyable task, but you will learn much about Jerusalem’s rich history as...
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)
Steven Mnuchin, US Secretary of the Treasury, and daughter of President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, revealing a dedication plaque at the official opening ceremony of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, May 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 26, 2018
Some 45 attendees streamed into Jerusalem from across the country for the event July 5, making treks from Rehovot, in the central part of the country; Beit Shemesh, a suburb about 45 minutes outside Jerusalem, and the Samarian communities of Neve Tzuf...
Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, and Ivanka Trump, adviser to and daughter of President Donald Trump, revealing a dedication plaque at the official opening ceremony of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, May 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published December 13, 2017
Rabbi Ze’ev Smason doesn’t usually talk politics at Nusach Hari B’nai Zion — except when it comes to Israel, he said.He decided he should deliver a sermon last Saturday addressing President Donald Trump’s recent decision to recognize Jerusalem...
By Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin
• Published June 8, 2016
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Normally, to quote the famous song, “I love a parade.”Except when I don’t.This weekend was the celebration of the 49th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem during the Six-Day War. The anniversary was accompanied by gleeful...
Firefighters and rescue personnel at the scene of a possible bus bombing, in jerusalem, on April 18, 2016, leaving at least 21 people injured. Police are investigating if the incident was a terror attack. The explosion occured on bus 12, while passing...
Israeli security personnel at the site where an Arab man from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat drove his car into a crowd of people waiting by the Shimon ha Tzadik lightrail station in Jerusalem injuring at least 8 people, and killing one bystander....
An Imax film camera photographs from high overhead at the Western Wall in Jerusalem during the filming of ‘Jerusalem.’ The Jewish Community Center’s St. Louis Jewish Film Festival worked with the St. Louis Science Center to plan a special screening...
JERUSALEM — Israel's Housing Ministry opened bidding to developers on 200 homes in the West Bank. The ministry issued the tenders for two construction projects including 114 homes in Efrat and 84 in Kiryat Arba, near Hebron. The announcement comes...
