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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

Jewish leaders accuse London’s Livingstone of ‘classic anti-Semitism’

JTAPublished March 22, 2012

Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London seeking to reclaim his post, used language that was nearly "classic anti-Semitism" in a meeting with the city's Jewish community leaders, the leaders said. Livingstone, of the Labour Party, said the Jewish...

Israel-Gibraltar stamp canceled over Jerusalem landmark

JTAPublished February 27, 2012

JERUSALEM -- A binational "friendship stamp" set to be issued by Israel and Gibraltar was canceled over Israel's choice of landmark to appear on the stamp.  The stamp, which already was printed ahead of its scheduled release date last summer, featured...

Jewish, pro-Palestinian protesters clash at British university

JTAPublished February 21, 2012

Jewish students at the London School of Economics and members of the university's Palestinian Society clashed during an Israel Apartheid Week protest. The Palestinian Society protesters created a mock checkpoint Monday outside a campus building, stopping...

France opens investigation into Nazi-themed party

JTAPublished February 16, 2012

French authorities have opened an investigation into a Nazi-themed party that led to the firing of a British lawmaker who attended. Aiden Burley, 32, a Conservative member of Britain's House of Commons, was dismissed in December, a week after photos of...

Hungarian political leader questions Holocaust, Israel

JTAPublished February 5, 2012

A leader of Hungary's far-right, anti-Semitic Jobbik Party questioned the Holocaust and claimed that Jews were colonizing Hungary, in an interview with Britain's Jewish Chronicle. Marton Gyongyosi, deputy leader and foreign affairs spokesman for Jobbik,...

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