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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

Hanukkahs just a month away: Here are four childrens books for the holiday

Hanukkah’s just a month away: Here are four children’s books for the holiday

Published October 27, 2021

With the first night of Hanukkah roughly a month away (Hanukkah starts the night of Nov. 28 this year), shoppers are sure to be in the thick of present buying. Why not make things a little easier on them and suggest a great book (or four)? These titles...

Two ink portraits by Hannah Maurer, including late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at left,

Hanukkah Gift Guide – St. Louis edition

By Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished December 3, 2020

This year’s ninth annual News & Schmooze Hanukkah Gift Guide will be different than previous installments, which seems apropos given that 2020 was an altogether different year. The focus this time is on supporting local, since we all know COVID-19...

Peg Menorah

Annual News & Schmooze Hanukkah Gift Guide

Ellen Futterman, EditorPublished November 29, 2017

Once again, it’s time for my true talent as a shopper to shine as we turn to this year’s installment of Ellen’s Annual Hanukkah Gift Guide. As has been the case in years past, I’ve spent months poring over catalogues and websites, visiting stores...

Saved by the Max recreates the diner hangout featured in the early 1990s teen sitcom ‘Saved by the Bell.’ The pop-up diner, currently in Chicago, will go on a ‘national tour’ next year.

Veggie Tales, Vilna style

Ellen Futterman, EditorPublished December 21, 2016

Veggie Tales, Vilna styleIf you think the “farm-to-table” movement is a fairly recent trend, think again.The Alice Waters of Vilna, Lithuania, a woman by the name of Fania Lewando, was serving farm-to-table vegetarian food in the 1930s to Yiddish...

Matzah Ball Cufflinks

Hanukkah Gift Guide

Ellen Futterman, EditorPublished December 7, 2016

My Favorite ThingsI’m not trying to brag or anything, but I really am an excellent shopper. I’m not sure how I came upon this talent given that my father “loathed to shop,” as he would often remind me, and my mother’s philosophy has always been...

Shalom Sesame

Grover does Jerusalem

by E. Kinney Zalesne, WASHINGTON JEWISH WEEKPublished November 12, 2010

A few years ago, my family stumbled onto the 1990 six-volume DVD-set Shalom Sesame, a kitschy but completely adorable romp through Israeli and Jewish culture led by Oscar the Grouch's Israeli cousin, Moishe Ufnick; Kippi ben Kippod, a large pink hedgehog...

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