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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

Massasoit ( leader of the Wampanoag) and governor John Carver smoking a peace pipe.

Thanksgiving and Hanukkah share stories of resistance

Mahrinah ShijePublished November 23, 2021

“This story was originally published on November 22nd by the Forward. Sign up here to get the latest stories from the Forward delivered to you each morning.” Thanksgiving and Hanukkah share stories of resistance This week, families...

Temple Israel volunteers prepared and delivered Thanksgiving meals to those in need. This is the 34th year of the annual volunteer effort. During other years, guests are served a meal at Temple Israel, but due to the pandemic, TI delivered meals to those in need. This year, TI delivered meals to more than 350 individuals and families.

Photos: TI volunteers prepare Thanksgiving meals for those in need

Published November 27, 2020

Temple Israel volunteers prepared and delivered Thanksgiving meals to those in need. This is the 34th year of the annual volunteer effort. During other years, guests are served a meal at Temple Israel, but due to the pandemic, TI delivered meals to those...

From left, Jennifer, Susan and Lauren Goldberg and Carol Cohen are ready to serve dinner at Temple Israel the night before Thanskgiving. Temple Israel has been serving a holiday meal to the less fortunate for three decades and counting. Photo: Andrew Kerman

Temple’s Thanksgiving tradition has been helping others for 30 years

By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish LightPublished November 30, 2016

Between the happy murmur of the crowd and the rattle of metal trays full of food being hustled past, Temple Israel saw plenty of lively action the night before Thanksgiving. But, at this synagogue, Thanksgiving has been this way for three decades. “We...

The Greenberg Turkey

The Greenberg Turkey

By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish LightPublished November 16, 2016

A Thanksgiving Day feast without a turkey is like a seder meal without matzah. While each family has its own traditional array of side dishes, almost all of us include that iconic bird on our menu, even if some of us depart from the conventional roasted...

Editorial: A Moment So Close

Published November 23, 2011

The news is gloomy these days, for sure, which makes it even harder to look for those morsels that ought comprise our Thanksgiving-season gratitude.Domestically, political types seem more desirous of destroying their opponents than creating governing...

Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach, is a longtime fitness instructor at the Jewish Community Center. She is also a member of the St. Louis Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

Lighten Up: Don’t let tryptophan trip you up

By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPTPublished November 23, 2011

With Thanksgiving on everyone's mind these days, there is often just as much talk about the turkey itself as there is about the gathering together of family and friends. Every year, people seem to dwell on the notion that the big dinner makes us sleepy,...

Students at Saul Mirowitz Day School - Reform Jewish Academy
nosh on freshly prepared veggies for lunch - and the school even
highlights a different vegetable or fruit each month. November, for
example, is broccoli month.

Making a big difference on a smaller scale

By Ellen Futterman, EditorPublished November 23, 2011

We've gotten a little jiggy at the Jewish Light this week, talking about Thanksgiving and how it's a favorite holiday for many of us. In today's editorial, the boss calls it a holiday of faith, family and friends. I agree, though I'd add another "f" to...

Highlighting the side dishes this Thanksgiving

by Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the LightPublished November 16, 2011

As any food columnist knows, turkey is the centerpiece of the traditional Thanksgiving menu. While we can smile at New Yorker columnist Calvin Trillin’s campaign to have the national Thanksgiving dish changed to spaghetti carbonara, you don’t mess...

Thanksgiving mitzvahs

By Ellen Futterman, EditorPublished November 16, 2011

Talking Turkey There's never a shortage of mitzvot opportunities in the St. Louis Jewish community, but perhaps no time of year are these opportunities as bountiful-or as greatly needed-at Thanksgiving. The Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry (HKJFP) recently...

At Thanksgiving, a cornucopia of Jewish sides

By Linda Morel, JTAPublished November 22, 2010

NEW YORK — The best thing about Thanksgiving is that it invites Americans of all religions and ethnic backgrounds. On the same autumn Thursday, most American families eat turkey and a cornucopia of side dishes. No country has been more welcoming to...

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