This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. The Pickled City: The Story of New York Pickles By Paul van Ravestein and Monique Mulder Chronicle Books,...

A scientist who spent decades studying how the world works says Judaism helped him understand why it matters. That realization eventually led Eduard Shyfrin back to Jewish learning and to writing about what he believes Jewish tradition still has to...

Jenna Weissman Joselit was looking for a project that wasn’t so “heavily freighted” after her book on the American “embrace” of the Ten Commandments came out in 2017. “Out of the blue,” an editor at the Jewish Lives biography series, a Yale...

  Claire Saffitz loves desserts. That’s immediately evident from the title of the St. Louis native’s first book: “Dessert Person.” Saffitz, 39, is now a New York-based recipe developer, food host and dessert chef. She was recently...

  As a kid, my family would drive across the state to Kansas City to visit my mother’s parents — the same Bubbe you now know as our weather lady and my sarcastic Zayde. “Baba,” as everyone called him, ran the seder. And every year...

  This story is part of The Hidden Museum, a continuing series from the Jewish Light that explores remarkable artifacts held by St. Louis museums. These pieces represent only a fraction of what institutions like the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman...

  "Unpacked is the #1 Jewish educational media brand for today’s digital generation, presenting insightful, inspiring and nuanced content around Israel, Judaism and all things Jewish. More at unpacked.media" Like so many journeys,...

  It’s been 60 years since The Riddler started causing headaches for Gotham City on primetime TV. On Jan. 12, 1966, “Batman” arrived in American homes in living color as a half-hour series. The episode, “Hi Diddle Riddle,” introduced...

  For the past four years, the Jewish Light has covered the Jewish Community Center’s  biannual used book sales with one question in mind: how to navigate the tables and come out winning. But quietly, year after year, readers have been...

  Designer, author and television personality Nate Berkus is marking a milestone this year — the 30th anniversary of his design firm — and he’s celebrating it in part with a new book, “Foundations,” that he’ll discuss at the St....

It’s the season book lovers have been waiting for: the annual St. Louis Jewish Book Festival is back, Nov. 2–9, for a week’s worth of author, pre- and post-fest events. And this year, the festival begins a year-round Speakers Series. “This year’s...

Going to a campus literary event isn’t usually high on my social calendar, and maybe not on yours, either. But when I heard about this one, I thought it was worth sharing, and here’s why. I’ve always been drawn to generational stories like...