A collage of some of the best Hanukkah-themed TV episodes ever. (Lior Zaltzman)‘Tis the season of TV Christmas specials! The drama, the intrigue, your favorite TV characters in ill-fitting Santa costumes — the Christmas special has been a popular...
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published December 14, 2016
I know. You’re probably thinking you have too many cookbooks already. Enough is enough. That may be true for you, but nearly everyone I know, including me, would welcome a stunning new cookbook with well-written recipes guaranteed to invigorate the...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published December 14, 2016
KISSfestTwo of rock’s most enduring legends, who also happen to be Jewish, will be at the new Rock and Brews, 17258 Chesterfield Airport Road, Chesterfield on Jan. 11 for the restaurant’s official grand opening. KISS front men Paul Stanley (born...
The St. Louis Holocaust Survivors and Descendants Group will hold a Hanukkah party from noon to 2 p.m. Dec. 18 at the Jewish Federation building, 12 Millstone Campus Drive. The group is actively seeking new members — Holocaust survivors, their children,...
Chabad St. Louis is again partnering with The Home Depot to offer a Pre-Hanukkah Workshop at its Brentwood location, 1603 S. Hanley Road, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11.This year’s event will feature a “Bob the Builder” theme as children...
The Brothers Lazaroff's fifth annual Hanukkah Hullabaloo drew a full house to Covenant Place on Dec. 5. This was a new location for the event -- in previous years the dress rehearsal was held at Covenant, but the reception was so strong that organizers worked...
(Recipe adapted from Joy of Kosher, by Jamie Geller)Ingredients4 large russet potatoes (about 2 1/2 pound)3 large eggs, beatenPinch of kosher salt2 tsp. ground cinnamon3 tbsp. sugarCanola oil, for frying1/4 cup fine cornmeal or matzoh meal1 cup sour cream1/4...
By Patricia Corrigan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 7, 2012
Maybe you saw them on CNN or on “The Today Show.” Maybe you read about them in the New York Times or the Jerusalem Post. Maybe you watched their videos on You Tube—the first one posted got two million hits in 10 days. Or maybe you caught their concerts...
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 29, 2012
You don’t need to consult your calendar to know that Purim is near. Walk into your neighborhood supermarket and you will be greeted by a display of packaged hamentashen. The iconic cookies originated in Germany as mohn-taschen (translation: poppy seed...
The cascade of condemnations started pouring in almost as soon as the Israeli TV report aired. Its subject was an 8-year-old girl harassed by Haredi men on the way to her Modern Orthodox girls' school in the Jerusalem suburb of Beit Shemesh. The Israeli...
By Sue Fishkoff, J. Weekly, SAN FRANCISCO
• Published December 28, 2011
This Dec. 25, while many Bay Area Jews will be lighting their Hannukah candles and tucking into their traditional Chinese takeout, I'll be where I am every year - enjoying Christmas dinner at my mother's house. Yes, my mother isn't Jewish. And yes, I...
