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
A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light
Jewish Food
The first "newsletter" from the April 1, 1964
Whatever happened to Abe Sokolik's Kosher Meat Market?
Brad Hartman is executive chef of 613 Catering at the Jewish Community Center.
We asked Jewish St. Louis what they wanted from Katz's.  Then we learned Katz’s was coming. 
Raz Shabtai, the founder of, Mutra, a kosher restaurant in Miami. (N.A. Photography)
Tamara Keefe.
What St. Louis’ top chefs learned building restaurant empires
Shelley Atlas Serber, creator of the Kosher Trader Joe’s group on Facebook and of a guide to kosher-for-Passover products at Trader Joe’s. Credit: Courtesy.
Almond Crescent Cookies
Claire Saffitz
A rabbi raises a glass of kosher wine as he blesses over it. (Courtesy / Moti Dolgin)
47-year-old Jason Stahl operates his food business under the name Hank Schwartz’s Delicatessen and Appetizing, cooking out of a ghost kitchen in Jersey City. Photo by Sam Lin-Sommer
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Bonnie Mann, founder of Coffee Fest.
Mojitos, matzah balls and Shabbat vibes in Chesterfield
Bullseye Sandwich from Nate's Kosher Deli
Tu Bishvat Seder explained: Guide, origins, and meaning
Nate’s Kosher Deli reopening in Clayton
Happy National Bagel Day — St. Louis’ newest bagel shop is almost here
Kosher Spam: a Breef history
The Greentrails Corner Cafe
Your 2025 guide to Chinese restaurants open on Christmas Day across St. Louis
Three St. Louis bakers keeping the sufganiyot tradition delicious
Every scrumpdillyicious latke recipe from our archive on one page!
From left, Margi Lenga Kahn’s traditional latkes with applesauce and raspberry sauce, latke salad, and turkey meatballs with tahini sauce on latkes. All photos: Michael Kahn
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