August is National Hot Dog Month — and in St. Louis, that’s more Jewish than you think. For over a century, the city’s hot dog story has included kosher carts, synagogue picnics, Jewish Community Center snack stands, deli counters and one very consistent...

After casually mentioning Red Hot Riplets in yesterday’s Morning Light—while, tragically, snacking on snap peas—I got bunch of emails. Some were about snack deprivation, others about beloved junk food. A few said they’d heard Old Vienna—the...

Before dating apps and endless swiping, St. Louis had the Jewish Photo Dating Service—a low-tech matchmaking effort that launched in the early 1980s. It brought hundreds of local singles together and led to dozens of lasting relationships. After we...

Jules and Lee Hutkin were among the Jewish Light’s most prolific advertisers—never shy about showing their names, their phone numbers, or their handsome faces. Whether behind a deli counter, running a food shop, or working as real estate partners,...

Allen Weintrop’s relationship with the St. Louis Jewish Light stretched across decades, beginning with a community mention in 1961. Even before launching his photography business, Weintrop was shaping Jewish communal memory through images. In 1973,...

Bud and Arline Brilliant’s "Brilliant Antiques" first appeared in the St. Louis Jewish Light on May 23, 1973. Their ads continued regularly through Dec. 1, 1982. By 1976, the ads began listing only Arline — a quiet handoff that would become lasting...

Martin and Tammy Finer’s relationship with the St. Louis Jewish Light began with their own wedding announcement, published on June 29, 1983. Just seven weeks later, on Aug. 17, 1983, their first ad appeared for their business: the Jewish Photo...

Klein Pharmacy was once a neighborhood fixture in the Delmar Loop, originally at 6625 Enright Ave.—right along the old streetcar loop that curved from Delmar to Heman to Enright to Kingsland and back. Carl Klein, pharmacist and proprietor, ran the shop...