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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

On Iran, mixed signals proliferate

By Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished January 31, 2012

WASHINGTON-Israel, the United States and Iranhave all gone deep into mixed-signals territory.Conversations with Israeli officials, includingDefense Minister Ehud Barak, left one prominent journalistconvinced that Israel will strike Iran by year's end....

Environmental group sets greenhouse reduction target

JTAPublished January 31, 2012

NEW YORK -- A Jewish environmental group persuaded 33 Jewish organizational leaders to commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 14 percent within three years. The signatories to The Jewish Environmental and Energy Imperative pledged as well to promote...

Iran may extend IAEA stay

JTAPublished January 30, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Iran offered to extend a visit by nuclear inspectors. Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted by various media on Monday as saying that he was "optimistic" about the results of the visit this week by inspectors from the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, the...

N.Y. center gets $2.5 million gift for new rare books room

JTAPublished January 30, 2012

NEW YORK -- A $2.5 million gift from the David Berg Foundation will be used to establish a rare books room at the Center for Jewish History in New York. The center, which announced the gift earlier this month, houses the collections of the the American...

Panetta: It would take Iran one year to make nuclear bomb

JTAPublished January 30, 2012

NEW YORK -- U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said it would take Iran approximately one year to build a nuclear bomb. "The consensus is that if they decided to do it, it would probably take them about a year to be able to produce a bomb and then...

Alexander Levin’s got a name (and cash), but does he have a plan?

By Uriel Heilman, JTAPublished January 30, 2012

NEW YORK—Ukrainian Jewish leader and real estate mogul Alexander L. Levin came to New York last week to launch the latest international Jewish organization with a grandiose name. Called the World Forum for Russian Jewry, this one aims to harness the...

Conference of Presidents meets Pollard

JTAPublished January 27, 2012

NEW YORK—Leaders of the Conference of Presidents met with convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard. The Tuesday meeting was held at the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in North Carolina, where Pollard has served 27 years of a life sentence for espionage....

Obama pledges to combat denial on Holocaust commemoration day

JTAPublished January 27, 2012

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama pledged to combat Holocaust denial in a message marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In his message, Obama said the United States would "pledge to speak truth to those who deny the Holocaust." "As we celebrate...

Romney, Gingrich blame Palestinians for lack of peace

By Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished January 27, 2012

WASHINGTON—Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich put the blame for the impasse in Middle East peace talks squarely on the Palestinians. The candidates were responding a a question at the latest GOP debate Thursday night, in Jacksonville, Fla., from an audience...

Russian-speaking Jews launch group in Iran fight

JTAPublished January 26, 2012

An international Jewish organization of Russian-speaking Jews was launched to influence governments to join the fight against Iran. The World Forum of Russian Jewry was inaugurated Wednesday at the United Nations during a ceremony commemorating International...

Knesset launches caucus to strengthen ties to American Jewry

JTAPublished January 25, 2012

JERUSALEM—The Knesset inaugurated a caucus to strengthen Israeli lawmakers' knowledge and sensitivity to the American Jewish community. The Israel-American Jewish Knesset Caucus was launched Wednesday to raise awareness with Israeli lawmakers about...

Ya’alon: Pressure can convince Iran to halt nuclear program

JTAPublished January 25, 2012

NEW YORK—Israel's strategic affairs minister expressed confidence that international pressure could force Iran to halt its nuclear program. Moshe Ya'alon, speaking in New York at a meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations,...

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