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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

Chefs from around the world visit Israel for peace dinner

JTAPublished February 2, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Chefs from the White House, the Kremlin, the Elysee Palace and the Chancellery of Germany are touring Israel and will cook a gala dinner for peace. The delegation from the the group Club des Chefs des Chefs, or Chefs of the Heads of State,...

In Israel, composting and recycling programs in new ecology push

By Jessica Steinberg, JTAPublished February 1, 2012

JERUSALEM—The still-new recycling center in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem is fairly quiet on a crisp winter afternoon. Several people drive in to drop off their recycling—from old printers and batteries to aluminum pans, plastic containers...

Young Filipinos integrating into Israeli society, but not without difficulties

Mati Wagner, JTAPublished January 26, 2012

TEL AVIV—With eyes closed, it would have been difficult to guess that the female voice with the amazing range singing a Hebrew classic was a shy-looking, 11-year-old Filipina. But there was Kathleen Eligado performing Miri Aloni's "Ballad of Hedva and...

Bibi bypassing Cabinet on extending yeshiva students’ military service law

JTAPublished January 26, 2012

JERUSALEM—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will bring a vote on extending a law that allows yeshiva students to delay their military service directly to the Knesset floor, bypassing his Cabinet. Netanyahu's office said Thursday that the Cabinet will...

Nixing names, soldiers and sushi, couch potatoes make their mark

By Marcy Oster, JTAPublished January 24, 2012

JERUSALEM—Here are some recent stories out of Israel that you may have missed: A Moshe by any other name The Knesset is going on the offensive against offensive baby names. A parliamentary committee has advanced a bill that would bar parents from sticking...

Facebook hosts virtual peace conference

JTAPublished January 23, 2012

JERUSALEM—A virtual peace conference for Jewish and Arab young leaders was held on Facebook. Monday's conference was sponsored by the Yala Young Leaders' group, which seeks to promote dialogue among Israelis, Palestinians and Americans, and the Peres...

Netanyahu denies saying Israel’s biggest enemies are N.Y. Times, Haaretz

JTAPublished January 19, 2012

The Israeli Prime Minister's Office denied that Benjamin Netanyahu told the editor of The Jerusalem Post that Israel’s two greatest enemies are The New York Times and Haaretz. On Wednesday, the editor, Steve Linde, addressing a conference in Tel Aviv...

Journalist: Netanyahu told me Israel’s biggest enemies are N.Y. Times, Haaretz

JTAPublished January 18, 2012

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s two greatest enemies are The New York Times and Haaretz, the editor of The Jerusalem Post said in a speech. Steve Linde, addressing a conference in Tel Aviv of the Women's International Zionist...

New indictment of Olmert keeps focus on political corruption

By Linda Gradstein, JTA, JERUSALEMPublished January 11, 2012

The indictment of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and 17 other Israelis on charges related to one of the largest real estate scandals in Israeli history is the latest shoe to drop in a country where political corruption has come to be seen as an epidemic....

Portman visits her roots, Stern drunk dials, Bialik writing a parenting book

By JTA Staff, 6nobacon.comPublished January 3, 2012

After a short stint in France visiting her husband's family, Natalie Portman, along with hubby Benjamin Millipied, enjoyed a weeklong vacation with baby Alef in her native Israel. According to Ynet news, the couple stayed at the King David Hotel in...

Kayla Kahn in the Negev

Finding enduring connections to Judaism during holidays in Israel

By Kayla KahnPublished November 9, 2011

I was sitting with my parents this summer at a nice restaurant in St. Louis - "nice" meaning we had all traded our jeans and flip-flops for more formal attire and were enjoying a bottle of wine that had been ordered from a separate wine menu.  As our...

New Israel Fund alone in funding Israel protests

By Nathan Guttman, FORWARDPublished August 31, 2011

WASHINGTON - Since mid-July, hundreds of thousands of Israelis have demonstrated for "social justice" in what have been called the nation's largest protests on domestic issues in recent memory, and organizers promise more. Yet the leaders of most major...

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