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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

Accept compromise on Migron outpost, Netanyahu urges residents

JTAPublished January 22, 2012

JERUSALEM—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the residents of the illegal West Bank outpost of Migron to accept a compromise on its evacuation. Under the compromise, permanent housing for the residents of Migron would be built on state...

Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., administers the
Constitutional Oath to Elena Kagan in the Justices Conference Room
on Saturday, August 7, 2010.

Jewish groups welcome Supremes Court’s ‘ministerial exception’ ruling

By Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished January 12, 2012

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Israel’s Supreme Court upholds limit on family reunifications

JTA, JERUSALEMPublished January 12, 2012

Israel's Supreme Court voted by a narrow margin to uphold a law that prevents Israelis who marry Palestinians from living in Israel. The panel of judges late Wednesday evening rejected a lawsuit against the Citizenship Law by a vote of 6 to 5. The majority...

Supreme Court upholds ‘ministerial exception’

JTA, WASHINGTONPublished January 11, 2012

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of religious institutions to use "ministerial exception" to fire staff, but stopped short of setting its parameters. A number of Jewish groups had closely watched the case called Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran...

Editorial: No Vouching for Religion

Published April 6, 2011

This week we got both legislative and judicial pronouncements on school vouchers from the federal government. The first was the House of Representatives' extension of SOAR, the federal Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act. The bill passed the...

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