(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Ed Schoenfeld, a Jewish restaurateur who helped promote an array of Chinese food options in New York City over decades, died Friday at 72.
Schoenfeld’s love of cooking...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 13, 2022
If your first rule of where you buy your bagels is to buy from someone who is sort of mean, no fun, and doesn't like making bagels, then please read no further. The guy's from Lefty's Bagels are...
MARGI LENGA KAHN, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 13, 2022
Rabbi Eliyahu Safran of the Orthodox Union refers to the number seven as the perfect number. “Seven is completeness and wholesomeness,” he says.
There are numerous examples in Judaism of the significance...
Rob Eshen, The Forward
• Published January 11, 2022
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Everyone needs a go-to matzah ball...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 6, 2022
Here’s the formula for a perfect Sunday morning: sleep past 7, take care of the dogs, make coffee and fill up two mugs. Bring the coffee and the dogs back upstairs to a lovely wife who is just waking...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 4, 2022
The St. Louis Jewish Light, a lot of soup recipes in our database. A precursory search found over 200 soup recipes, some dating back 30ish years. Because recipes do not go bad, we’re going to bring...
Harley Hammerman, Special For the St. Louis Jewish Light
• Published January 2, 2022
There is an amazing website called Lost Tables, dedicated to celebrating the restaurants of our past. We are partnering with the site’s creator Harley Hammerman and celebrating these wonderful stories....
Andrew Silverstein, The Forward
• Published December 23, 2021
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Promptly at noon Friday, I went to a Philadelphia...
PJ Grisar, The Forward
• Published December 22, 2021
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Every year around this time a certain handwritten...
Nine PBS, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published December 22, 2021
Since 1807, Jewish St. Louisans have played a significant role in the region’s development—their names grace department stores, buildings, and landmarks. This story was originally published by Nine...