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St. Louis Jewish Light

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St. Louis Jewish Light

Second Jerusalem church vandalized

JTAPublished February 20, 2012

JERUSALEM -- A church in Jerusalem was vandalized with an anti-Christian slogan. "Death to Christians" was painted on the walls of a church in Jerusalem on Monday. The words "Price Tag" and bad language about Jesus also were written on the Baptist Narkis...

Palestinians attack Christian tourists at Temple Mount

JTAPublished February 19, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Palestinians worshipping at the Temple Mount attacked a group of Christian tourists with stones. The attack Sunday reportedly was in reaction to a rumor that a group of Jewish rightists were scheduled to visit the Temple Mount and had plans...

Jerusalem under snow alert

Published February 16, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Jerusalem is bracing for possible snowfall over the weekend. Forecasts of up to an inch of snowfall in Jerusalem on Saturday prompted Magen David Adom, the emergency service, to declare a snow alert for Israel's capital city. Snow is also...

Palestinian children killed in West Bank accident

JTAPublished February 16, 2012

JERUSALEM -- At least eight Palestinian schoolchildren on a field trip were killed when a truck collided with their bus on a rain-soaked road in the West Bank. Dozens of elementary school age children, who were headed from eastern Jerusalem for Ramallah,...

E. Jerusalem tourist center approved amid criticism

JTAPublished February 14, 2012

JERUSALEM -- A Jerusalem committee approved a controversial tourist center in eastern Jerusalem. The Jerusalem District Planning and Construction Committee on Monday approved a visitors' center and tourism compound at the City of David National Park in...

Couple married 71 years makes aliyah

JTAPublished February 14, 2012

JERUSALEM -- A Baltimore couple married 71 years is believed to be the oldest couple to make aliyah. Phillip and Dorothy Grossman, 95 and 93 respectively, made aliyah Tuesday on a Nefesh B'Nefesh group flight in cooperation with the Ministry of Immigrant...

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...

South African confab brings together Jewish innovators

JTAPublished February 13, 2012

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- A conference in South Africa brought together young Jewish innovators from across the country. More than 60 leading innovators from an array of business and social enterprises attended the first South African Young Jewish...

Migron outpost’s residents agree to evacuation plan

JTAPublished February 13, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Residents of Migron say they have reached an agreement with the government on relocating the illegal West Bank outpost. The residents reportedly have agreed to have the community relocated to government land on a nearby hill. In return, they...

Iron Dome, career officers on chopping block after IDF funding shortfall

JTAPublished February 12, 2012

JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military reportedly will make serious cutbacks due to a shortfall in funds. Despite a government decision last month not to make a drastic cut in the defense budget in order to pay for new social benefits, the department is still...

Maryland county suspends sister-city talks with Beit Shemesh

JTAPublished February 12, 2012

JERUSALEM -- A community in Maryland has suspended negotiations over a sister-city agreement with Beit Shemesh following violence in the Israeli city against women by haredi Orthodox residents. Montgomery County, which is home to a large Jewish population,...

Jews barred from Temple Mount over flyers

JTAPublished February 12, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Jews were barred from visiting the Temple Mount following Muslim agitation over inflammatory flyers. Police in Jerusalem prevented non-Muslims from visiting the Temple Mount Sunday morning after the discovery of flyers hanging in the area...

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