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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

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Israeli distillery makes country’s first Kentucky whiskey

Israeli distillery makes country’s first Kentucky whiskey

By Judith Sudilovsky, Israel21cPublished July 27, 2022

Except for the few scattered palm trees you see as you tentatively drive along a bumpy secluded dirt path, you could easily imagine yourself on your way to a moonshine distillery somewhere in the hidden...

Photo courtesy of Adam Scott Bellos

Why wine is the best tool to begin a conversation about Israel

By Carly Brechner, Israel21cPublished July 15, 2022

Adam Scott Bellos is the CEO of The Israel Innovation Fund (TIFF), which invests in commercial and cultural projects in Israel and beyond. He is also the founder and host of Wine with Adam, a video...

This is the world’s first Michelin-starred kosher restaurant

ORGE CASTELLANO, JTAPublished July 15, 2022

MADRID (JTA) — The typical menu at Xerta, a Barcelona restaurant that earned a coveted star from the Michelin Guide, reads like a haute-cuisine treyf banquet: non-kosher dishes such as lobster, squid...

NY and Montreal styles come together at “Down the Bagel Hole: A Celebration of Jewish Breadways"

NY and Montreal styles come together at “Down the Bagel Hole: A Celebration of Jewish Breadways”

Julia Gergely, JTAPublished July 14, 2022

(New York Jewish Week) — New Yorkers defend their favorite bagels and bagel shops the way some people defend their children. So do Montrealers, who hail from perhaps the only other city with a comparable...

Mark Hinkle, Andrew Simon and Edera Collaboration Half & Half Pizza

Local Jewish chef and his daughter launch “Pizza For a Purpose”

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished July 13, 2022

Tzedakah is the Hebrew word for philanthropy and charity. But, tzedakah is much more than giving money, tzedakah is meant to build trusting relationships and includes contributions of time, effort, and...

Eating food with these 4 spices may help you lose weight

Abigail Klein Leichman, ISRAEL21cPublished July 11, 2022

Is it safe and effective to use spices and herbs for weight loss? Researchers from Ariel University’s department of nutritional sciences give some answers to this question in a review published in the...

A Manischewitz mock-up for the new gefilte dog. Courtesy of Manischewitz-KAYCO/Joseph Jacobs

Why Manischewitz is taking Twitter by storm

By Mira Fox, The ForwardPublished July 10, 2022

You might associate Manischewitz with painfully sweet wine in a square bottle, or perhaps with the Passover coffee cake mix your bubbe makes every year and the tin of coconut macaroons in her pantry. You...

Lefty's Bagels opening new store

Lefty’s Bagels opening new store

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished July 6, 2022

In April of 2021, Scott Lefton, co-owner of "Lefty’s Bagels" told the Jewish Light, “Judging how weekend sales go, we’ll see if we can grow it into weekday sales and then maybe have our own, brick-and-mortar...

Why Pumpernickles Deli had to close

Why Pumpernickles Deli had to close

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished July 5, 2022

“We did not fail. It was the numbers,” said Harlan Levin, owner and chief kibitzer at Pumpernickles Deli, which officially closed its doors on July 4. “We could have stayed open, but the grind with...

Pumpernickles Deli officially closed

Pumpernickles Deli officially closed

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished July 4, 2022

The iconic Pumpernickles Delicatessen in Creve Coeur is permanently closing.  In a Facebook post published on Monday, just before 2 p.m., deli management announced that the decision to shutter the...

Hamantaschen in July? Yep, it's now a thing

Hamantaschen in July? Yep, it’s now a thing

Published July 1, 2022

My grandfather, Baba, used to joke how because he was Jewish, he'd never lose weight. He would remind us how many of our holidays were based on the idea that someone didn't like us, someone tried to kill...

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