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St. Louis Jewish Light

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Annual News & Schmooze Hanukkah Gift Guide

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished November 19, 2021

We will have barely cleared the dishes from Thanksgiving, when Hanukkah shows up a few days later — in November, no less. If like me, you’re behind in your Hanukkah shopping — or haven’t even started! — perhaps some things in the Light’s...

Courtesy: Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream

Serendipity unveils new homemade bon bons for Hanukkah

Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish LightPublished November 17, 2021

Beckie Jacobs wears a hat that simply reads, "No BS." The saying speaks for her work, personality, and the treats that she serves up every week at Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream in Webster Groves, which she owns and operates six days a week. Believe...

Hanukkah Quiz: Expert Level

Hanukkah Quiz: Expert Level

Published November 17, 2021
How much do you know about the Jewish Festival of Lights? Take our Hanukkah Quiz: Expert level to find out!
St. Louis woman's new idea gives your Hanukkah gifts some extra flair

St. Louis woman’s new idea gives your Hanukkah gifts some extra flair

Published November 16, 2021

St. Louisan's new idea to give your Hanukkah gifts some extra flair. You have eight nights of gifts to give, which means eight gifts to wrap, but are you just going to use a regular piece of wrapping paper? If you're looking to expand your wrapping...

Andy Cohen, Clementines release three new Hanukkah ice cream flavors

Andy Cohen, Clementines release three new Hanukkah ice cream flavors

Published November 14, 2021

One of our favorite St. Louis Jewish celebrities continues to bring a bit of sweetness to our lives. At the beginning of the month we told you that Andy Cohen now has his own ice cream flavor. In partnership with Clementine’s Naughty and Nice Creamery,...

Let Cafe La Vie cook your Hanukkah meal

Let Cafe La Vie cook your Hanukkah meal

Published November 14, 2021

Hanukkah is a holiday bursting with meaning, ideas that we can apply to our daily lives. We eat traditional foods fried in oil at our Hanukkah meal to remind us of the miracles and bravery of our forefathers. Admittedly, preparing an entire holiday meal...

An image from the 2019 Hanukkah Hullabaloo. Photo: Phillip Hamer

Heading for the Big Top: Brothers Lazaroff on Hanukkah Hullabaloo’s 11th year

ELLEN FUTTERMAN, Editor-in-ChiefPublished November 14, 2021

We caught up with David and Jeff Lazaroff in advance of the 11th annual Hanukkah Hullabaloo at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4 at The Big Top, 3401 Washington Blvd., in Grand Center. Their band, Brothers Lazaroff, will perform with Rabbi James Stone Goodman...

Meet the Jewish founder of the world’s only bobblehead museum, and his Hanukkah bobbles

Meet the Jewish founder of the world’s only bobblehead museum, and his Hanukkah bobbles

Published November 12, 2021

(JTA) — A crochet museum in Joshua Tree, California features countless crochet animals that appear in airport ads worldwide. The National Mustard Museum in Wisconsin was founded by a Jewish condiment aficionado. In February 2019, another niche museum...

Shabbos candles, Chanukah flames, and the light of a Jewish woman

Shabbos candles, Chanukah flames, and the light of a Jewish woman

Mimi DavidPublished November 10, 2021

In Hebrew there is a saying that “M’at min ha’ohr docheh harbay min ha’choshech,” a small bit of light dispels a great deal of darkness.  Anyone who has experienced a blackout in the middle of night knows this is true:  The light of one small...

Upcoming events for Jewish families in St. Louis

Published November 10, 2021

Winterfest Kids Fun Run When/Where: 7:30–10 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 20 at Kiener Plaza Virtual/In-person? In-person RSVP required: No, but cost is $15 per participant; register online at ArchPark.org/Winterfest Description:  The route begins...

Looking for Hanukkah books for kids? Here are some recommendations from PJ Library

Looking for Hanukkah books for kids? Here are some recommendations from PJ Library

JEN BAER, Special to the Jewish LightPublished November 10, 2021

Saying the word “snow” in my house is akin to other four-letter words that are less-than-polite. With the days getting shorter and darker, I like to subject my kids to listening to my off-key rendition of Debbie Boone’s hit from the 70’s, “You...

Padma Lakshmi heads to the Lower East Side for a Hanukkah edition of Hulu’s ‘Taste the Nation’

Padma Lakshmi heads to the Lower East Side for a Hanukkah edition of Hulu’s ‘Taste the Nation’

Published November 5, 2021

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Padma Lakshmi’s “Taste the Nation,” the acclaimed food docuseries, returned to Hulu this week — with schmaltz and pickles. In a special, four-part holiday edition, Lakshmi highlights traditional holiday foods...

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