Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
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(JNS) - Culinary culture shock. That describes my initial feeling after relocating to the southeastern Virginia coast in July from years living in the U.S. Midwest-namely, St. Louis. If you want biscuits, this is the place. Ditto, pimento cheese and something called Brunswick stew. It involves chicken but evidently at one time used squirrel meat. My quest was simple. I just wanted a good bagel, so I posed the question to the Jewish Virginia Beach Facebook page. Two shops got consistently high...
(JNS) - The sanctuary at Nusach Hari B'nai Zion in suburban St. Louis contains a majestic wooden-framed aron kodesh, or "holy ark," that holds the synagogue's Torah. Less visible is a tiny metal plaque that credits Kenny Bressler for creating the ark. Bressler designed and built the ark by hand in a workshop that sits behind his house. That's where the ark magic happens. A master woodworker, he has become a specialist in synagogue arks. "I've become the go-to ark guy," said the 70-year-old....
