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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

Coming soon! Jewish deli fare at Disney World, and how to eat kosher as well

Coming soon! Jewish deli fare at Disney World, and how to eat kosher as well

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished August 9, 2022

I remember walking off the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror ride at Walt Disney World in Orlando and thinking to myself, "I could really go for a pastrami Reuben right about now" only to then realize there was no delicatessen at Disney World. But how times...

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A biblical interpretation says Jews can eat bacon after all

Published September 28, 2021

This story was originally published on June 19, 2017 It might be time to rethink everything you thought you knew about Jews and bacon. As you know, the laws of kashrut dictate that pigs are inherently unkosher: “And the swine, though he divide the...

Kosher Recipe Alert: Stuffed onions with ground lamb and pomegranate

Kosher Recipe Alert: Stuffed onions with ground lamb and pomegranate

Howard Wasserman, Special For The Jewish LightPublished September 14, 2021

The Hebrew word “kosher” means fit or proper as it relates to Jewish dietary law. Kosher foods are permitted to be eaten and can be used as ingredients in the production of additional food items. And when it comes to Kosher cooking, there is a...

David Hermelin is shown with the barrels used to age Hermelin's Righteous Seven Barrel Reserve liqueur. Photo: Bill Motchan

Getting downright righteous for Purim this year

By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished February 16, 2021

If you’re stocking your bar for a festive Purim celebration, which begins the evening of  Feb. 25, here’s a tip: Get a bottle of Righteous Seven liqueur. The award-winning spirit is inspired by the Old Testament and manufactured right here in the...

Shmaltz Brewing Company founder Jeremy Cowan (right) and Jeff Doerr, a sales manager, sip some of the He’Brew beers on July 8 at Llywelyn’s Pub in Webster Groves. Photo: Eric Berger

A Jew and a Catholic walk into a brewery…

By Eric Berger, Staff WriterPublished July 20, 2016

Fifty years ago, when the Second Vatican Council issued the Nostra Aetate ( In Our Time ) document that condemned the Roman Catholic Church’s history of anti-Semitism and aimed to open up relations with Jews, church leaders probably weren’t thinking...

Ellen Futterman, Editor of the St. Louis Jewish Light

Rallying to support a family whose home was lost to fire

By Ellen Futterman, EditorPublished January 18, 2012

Last Sunday, the Roth family of Creve Coeur lost their home and all of their possessions in an early morning fire. Luckily, none of the family-parents Jane and Boaz and daughters Liat, 12; Sela, 8, and Orli, 1-were hurt in the three-alarm blaze that gutted...

With legislative session underway, Jewish groups weigh in on issues

By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish LightPublished January 18, 2012

From kosher food certification to separation of church and state to a ballot initiative on photo identification for voting, the local Jewish community looks forward to a diverse agenda as the Missouri General Assembly resumes work in Jefferson City this...

Irving and Kay Diamant

Couple’s retirement marks end to longtime kosher meat market

By Ellen Futterman, EditorPublished June 1, 2011

If Tevye of "Fiddler on the Roof" fame were a butcher instead of a milkman and Golda helped Teyve with his business instead of staying at home to raise five daughters, then Teyve and Golda might look a lot like Irving and Kay Diamant, longtime owners...

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