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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

Yourself Bashir will be speaking at the Jewish Book Festival on Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m.  

Author credits father’s wisdom for helping him deal with adversity

By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish LightPublished October 31, 2019

Simply stated, Yousef Bashir’s memoir “The Words of My Father: Love and Pain in Palestine” is worth reading because the attitude of this Palestinian from an old, established Gaza family is not what we might expect, given his experiences during...

Jonathan S. Tobin

Despite UN vote, Palestinian terror still a losing strategy

By Jonathan S. Tobin, JNSPublished December 13, 2018

The U.N. General Assembly narrowly defeated a resolution last Thursday that would have condemned Hamas for its terror campaign against Israel. Three days later, a Palestinian gunman opened fire on a group of Jews waiting at a bus stop near the West Bank...

MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS

MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS

Photo: FLASH90Published August 19, 2018

Palestinian protesters throwing stones and burning tires during clashes with Israeli security forces over the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, close to the Israeli manned checkpoint of Hezma in the West Bank, September 30, 2015.

Although Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) sparked an international outcry when he claimed Israeli rabbis were plotting to poison Arab wells, Palestinian leader, including the late PA President Yasser Arafat (left), have accused Israel of nefarious poisoning schemes for more than three decades.  

‘Poisoning’ accusations are a Palestinian tradition

By Rafael MedoffPublished June 29, 2016

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas must have been surprised at the international outcry over his accusation last week that Israeli rabbis are plotting to poison Arab wells. After all, Abbas and his colleagues have been making similar allegations...

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LIOR MIZRAHIPublished November 16, 2012

Palestinian men and women supporters march in support of the people of the Gaza Strip and against Israel's military operations at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, on November 16, 2012. Photo by Lior Mizrahi/FLASH90 *** Local Caption *** úôéìä...

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