‘CREEK’
NOT DRY
FALL COLOR
The final season of “Schitt’s Creek” does a
good job of tying it all together.

OCTOBER 15, 2020 / 27 TISHREI 5781
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JEWISHEXPONENT.COM — WHAT IT MEANS TO BE JEWISH IN PHILADELPHIA —
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LOCAL Joel Spivak
Chronicles South
Street History
Street offers plenty
of Jewish heritage.

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JUDAISM Meet the
Masked Mohels
There’s no stopping
the cherished
tradition. Page 28
Volume 133
Number 27
Published Weekly Since 1887
Restaurants Brace for
Long, Cold
Winter SOPHIE PANZER | JE STAFF
WINTER IS COMING, and while the
past seven months of shutdowns and
quarantines have been no picnic for small
business owners and their patrons, colder
weather could make things even more
diffi cult.

Th e warning signs are already fl ashing.

According to the National Restaurant
Association, nearly 100,000 restau-
rants have closed either permanently or
long-term as a result of the pandemic.

“Businesses that have made it this far
could start closing in droves,” business
reporter Erica Pandey wrote for Axios.

Still, using outdoor dining aids like
heat lamps and boosting takeout sales can
help. Local Jewish restaurant owners are
aware of the upcoming pressures and are
preparing to pivot yet again.

Chef Ari Miller has run his South Philly
restaurant as the takeout sandwich spot
Frizwit by day and locally sourced dining
experience Musi by night. Before the
pandemic hit, he ran Frizwit as a pop-up
on the fi rst Monday of every month. Now,
Israel “Sasha” Eisenberg and Ruth Brandspiegel reunite in a sukkah.

Photo by Debra Marks
Long-Lost Friends From
Displaced Persons Camp
Reunite After 71 Years
SOPHIE PANZER | JE STAFF
CANTOR LARRY BRANDSPIEGEL
believes everything happens for a reason.

It certainly seemed that way when
his mother, Philadelphia resident Ruth
Brandspiegel, was reunited with a long-lost
friend during the High Holidays this year.

Th at friend, Israel “Sasha” Eisenberg, turned
out to be one of his congregants at East
Brunswick Jewish Center in New Jersey.

“It’s bashert. Everything had to fall into
place,” he said.

Eisenberg, 79, and Ruth Brandspiegel, 84,
See Restaurants, Page 20
See Reunite, Page 21
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