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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

How a 90-year-old Ukrainian Holocaust survivor made it safely to Israel

How a 90-year-old Ukrainian Holocaust survivor made it safely to Israel

Eli Beers, Special For The Jewish LightPublished March 17, 2022

Eli Beer is the founder of United Hatzalah of Israel, and President of the U.S.-based organization Friends of United Hatzalah. United Hatzalah of Israel is an independent, non-profit, fully-volunteer emergency medical services organization that provides...

Avi Marcus together with another EMT Yechiel Gurfein treating a refugee at the medical clinic in Chisinau

Tales from Ukraine: “The refugees keep coming. We’ll be here for them when they do”

Avi Marcus, Special For the Jewish LightPublished March 2, 2022

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, United Hatzalah of Israel is directly helping more than 1,500 refugees a day at medical facilities and providing food and water to thousands more at the border. United Hatzalah is the largest independent, non-profit,...

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