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St. Louis Jewish Light

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Nikki Freyman (L) and Kati Kaup (R) with baby London

Update: Carrying your best friend’s baby. A modern Mother’s Day story

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished May 10, 2023

Mother’s Day, or thereabouts, seemed like the perfect time to check in with Nikki Freyman and Kati Kaup to find out how both women and their families are doing. Readers met best friends Nikki and Kati...

Memphis by Lazaroff Brothers

Brothers Lazaroff album and documentary release party sold out – here’s how to enjoy both

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished May 10, 2023

Brothers Lazaroff’s long-awaited ninth full-length album, "Memphis," which was recorded in one day at the legendary Sun Studio in Memphis, is set to debut Thursday night (May 11) with a special show,...

Martin Sneider.

Martin Sneider turns real life experience into suspenseful novel about selling shoes in St. Louis

Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished May 9, 2023

Father and son Max and Josh Feldman have a complicated relationship. Max is a loving father, ruthless businessman and Josh’s boss. The Feldmans are a Jewish St. Louis family with a successful shoe business...

Jared Miller, and  Samantha Rudolph.

St. Louis couple’s creation named “one of the best inventions of 2022” by Time Magazine

BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEFPublished May 9, 2023

During a ski trip to Vermont with her engineer husband, Jared Miller, Samantha “Sam” Rudolph remembers reading a 2014 New York Times article questioning why breast pumps were still so uncomfortable...

Photo by Bill Motchan

The history of the Borsalino, the wide-brimmed fedora worn my some Orthodox Jewish men

Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish LightPublished May 9, 2023

Borsalino. The word rolls off the tongue. Is it a pasta dish at Charlie Gitto’s? A high performance racecar? Or maybe a lake in Italy where George and Amal Clooney hang out? In reality, the...

Jewpernatural? What Jewish learning tells us about our dreams

Jewpernatural? What Jewish learning tells us about our dreams

Published May 8, 2023

I often dream about bridges. Very high ones, seemingly with questionable structural integrity. What do these mean? Dream analysis usually equates a disorienting height to an obstacle one may be facing....

Andy Cohen gets star treatment during St. Louis Walk of Fame induction

Andy Cohen gets star treatment during St. Louis Walk of Fame induction

Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished May 7, 2023

During the May 5 unveiling of Andy Cohen’s star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame, the Jewish St. Louis native and TV personality called it, “A mitzvah to have my parents and my son and my sister Emily...

Inside the Stiffman Sanctuary, where the Chihuly stain-glass windows have been on display since 1980.

The remarkable true story of Shaare Emeth’s Chihuly stained glass windows

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished May 4, 2023

There is nothing quite like the feeling of opening your email and finding you're being scolded by a rabbi. In this case, I had just published a story titled "Two ways to see Dale Chihuly artwork and how...

NCJWSTL announces new executive team, board and section award winners

NCJWSTL announces new executive team, board and section award winners

Published May 4, 2023

The National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis proudly announces their 2023-2024 Executive Team and Board. The new Executive Team and Board will be installed at the Board Installation Ceremony on Wednesday,...

A fruit roll up, green.

Alleged ‘Fruit Roll-Ups’ smuggling Americans caught in Israel

Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAPublished May 3, 2023

(JTA) — At least two American couples have been caught by Israeli customs for attempting to smuggle a total of more than 650 pounds of Fruit Roll-Ups into Israel, as the country experiences a dire shortage...

Bagels from C&W on a rack.

C & B Boiled Bagels opening Thursday morning!

JORDAN PALMER, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished May 2, 2023

Despite the long and delicious history of bagels in St. Louis, the question of where to find good New York style bagels in this town has been a question asked by many. In January, the Jewish Light addressed...

"Dale Chihuly Macchia Forest (detail), 2003 Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Columbus, Ohio Images courtesy of Chihuly Studio.

Two ways to see Dale Chihuly artwork and how living on a kibbutz changed his life

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished May 1, 2023

For the past 18 years, St. Louisans have not had to travel far to enjoy the work of renowned artist Dale Chihuly. In 2006, the Missouri Botanical Garden presented “Glass in the Garden,” an exhibition...

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