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Jewish Food

Jessica Seinfeld’s Instagram post about Kanye West’s antisemitism goes viral among celebrities and influencers

Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAPublished October 24, 2022

(JTA) — As images of the banner held above Interstate 405 in Los Angeles claiming “Kanye is right about the Jews” ricocheted around the internet this weekend, Jessica Seinfeld decided to take a...

A bitter battle between two bagel shops boils over

Published October 20, 2022

(JTA) — A feud between two Jewish bagel shop owners in Columbus, Ohio, has spilled out of the oven and into full public view, resulting in a lawsuit and restraining order. The Columbus Jewish News...

Tehilla and Elisheva Raskas make challah dough during the Great Big Challah Bake of St. Louis on Nov. 10 at the Clayton Plaza Hotel. The event drew close to 500 people. Photo: Kristi Foster

What you knead to know about the Great Big Challah Bake 2022

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished October 19, 2022

Shabbat has long been an occasion to reconnect with ourselves, our families and our community. And nothing embodies the Shabbat table more than delicious fresh baked challah. Baking challah can be an...

Boys enjoying a bowl of soup in a HaNoar Haoved summer camp. Photo: Benno Rothenberg, the Meitar Collection, the Pritzker Family National Photography Collection, the National Library of Israel

The “happy mistake” that gave us the “soup almond”

Amit Naor, Special To The Jewish LightPublished October 13, 2022
How did a bureaucratic mix-up during Israel’s 1950s austerity period lead to one of Israel's most unique culinary innovations? How did an Ashkenazi Jewish Passover recipe end up on the holiday table of every Jewish Israeli, and where does the distinctive yellow color of the soup almond come from? In short, here is the story of Israel’s prized "shkedei marak"
Trader Joe’s drops the ‘Israeli’ for its pearl couscous, citing change in supply chain

Trader Joe’s drops the ‘Israeli’ for its pearl couscous, citing change in supply chain

Published October 7, 2022

(JTA) – Couscous lovers who frequent the grocery store Trader Joe’s may have noticed a change in the grain aisle: The chain’s brightly colored purple boxes of “Israeli Couscous” are now simply...

Chewy and sweet, the bialy comes to St. Louis

Chewy and sweet, the bialy comes to St. Louis

By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished October 6, 2022

Bialy lovers, your wait is over. St. Louis has a legitimate South Florida-style version of the oniony roll, available from Breadsmith at 10031 Manchester Road in Warson Woods. The bialy is similar to...

Time challenged?  Picky kids? St. Louisan offers food prep tips from new cookbook

Time challenged? Picky kids? St. Louisan offers food prep tips from new cookbook

By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished October 6, 2022

Dini Klein, a St. Louis native and Epstein Hebrew Academy alum, has a large online following, with 150,000 followers on Instagram. Klein specializes in sharing food prep tips for busy households. Her Prep...

Brisket tacos and carrot slaw

Celebrate National Taco Day with these brisket tacos

By Rebecca Firkser, The Nosher via JTAPublished October 3, 2022

When I was growing up, I knew brisket as an island of meat in a sea of sweet brownish-red sauce with carrot-plank buoys. Every holiday, this was plunked in the center of the table alongside a loaf of...

This treat is the most refreshing way to break your Yom Kippur fast

This treat is the most refreshing way to break your Yom Kippur fast

BY TANNAZ SASSOONI, Special For The Jewish LightPublished October 3, 2022
The fruity, floral treat is somewhere between a beverage and a dessert.
Brazilian Jews and Arabs hold hummus championship to celebrate coexistence — and food

Brazilian Jews and Arabs hold hummus championship to celebrate coexistence — and food

Marcus M. Gilban, JTAPublished September 28, 2022

SAO PAULO (JTA) — Brazilian Jews, Christians and Muslims celebrated their peaceful coexistence in Latin America’s largest nation with a competition centered on one of the Middle East’s signature...

Mel Brooks drinking coffee photographed by Carl Reiner while the two were writers for Your Show of Shows, c. 1950-1954 in The Automat.
Photo courtesy of A Slice of Pie Productions

A brief history of coffee and Jews on National Coffee Day

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 28, 2022

Who doesn’t love their coffee in the morning? I know I do, which got me thinking, could there be a Jewish connection to the joe in my mug? The answer: there is and it's quite interesting. The rich...

Port St. Louis, 4283 Olive, Gaslight Square

Lost Tables: Remembering Port St. Louis

Harley Hammerman, Special For The Jewish LightPublished September 27, 2022

Wade DeWoskin belonged to a large Jewish family that included St. Louis Jewish Light Editor-in-Emeritus, Bob Cohn. DeWoskin opened Port St. Louis in Gaslight Square in October of 1960. "My dad had...

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