Texas Jewish communities mobilize to get food, medicine to those in need

(JNS) - On any given day, people coming into the Kosher Palate in Dallas do so know they are going to be spending money on groceries or prepared foods. This past week, however, hundreds of people were treated to free hot meals made by the staff of the supermarket/catering company amid a week of brutally cold winter weather.

"My husband being the kind of guy he is, he likes to feed people, and he said there are people who are at home and no way to get hot food, so we have to feed them," said Miriam Goldfeder, who along with her husband, Chaim, own Kosher Palate. "That was Tuesday night, and we...