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Food Milkboy Is Real Swiss Chocolate — by Way of Jewish Brooklyn
What happens in Switzerland stays in Switzerland, at least when it comes to chocolate. Less than half the chocolate made in that tiny country escapes uneaten into the rest of the world. Yet it’s rare to find real made-in-Switzerland chocolate in the United States, despite the prevalence of Swiss-based brands such as Nestlé and Lindt….
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Breaking News The Orthodox Billionaire Who Saved Kosher Meat Giant Agriprocessors
(JTA) – When Orthodox Jewish billionaire Hershey Friedman bought America’s largest kosher meat company, Agriprocessors, out of bankruptcy in 2009, it was the Canadian packaging magnate’s first foray into the meat business. Getting things in order was no easy task. The year before, federal authorities carried out the largest-ever U.S. workplace raid at Agriprocessors’ plant…
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News Rabbis Want To Turn Shuttered Brooklyn Synagogue Into Halfway House
An abandoned Brooklyn synagogue controlled by two rabbis with checkered pasts is being eyed for possible use as a halfway house for federal prisoners. The rabbis, brothers Abraham and Sroya Sorscher, were the subjects of a November 2015 investigative report in the Forward. Now, locals in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn are pushing back…
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Breaking News Brooklyn Home Vandalized With ‘Hitler Was a Hero’ Grafitti
A three-family Brooklyn house was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti, including swastikas and the words “Hitler was a hero” scrawled on the door. The building’s residents, all Hasidic Satmar Jews, discovered the graffiti on Saturday morning, JP Updates reported. The New York Police Department is investigating the incident as a hate crime. The vandalism occurred Friday…
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Breaking News 2 Men Arrested in Attack on Orthodox Jew in Brooklyn
Two Brooklyn teenagers have been arrested in the beating and robbing of a 60-year-old Jewish man. Eldin Sabovic, 17, and Baskim Huseinovic, 19, were arrested on Thursday, the New York Post reported. They were charged with robbery and assault. The attack is not considered a hate crime. The attack took place on Sunday in the…
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Breaking News 2 Days, 2 Assaults on Jews in Midwood, Brooklyn
An Orthodox Jewish teenager was attacked in Midwood, Brooklyn, less than 24 hours after a 60-year-old Jewish man was beaten and robbed there. The boy, 17, was punched in the face and knocked into the street in the heavily-Jewish neighborhood in New York’s most-populous borough while walking home from his yeshiva at approximately 6:30 p.m….
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Breaking News Teen Charged in Miami Beach Murder of Rabbi Joseph Raksin
MIAMI — A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in the 2014 death of Brooklyn Rabbi Joseph Raksin in North Miami Beach. Deandre Charles was taken into custody on Wednesday morning in connection with the death of Raksin, according to reports confirming the arrest by the Miami-Dade Police Department. Charles was 14 when he allegedly shot…
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Breaking News New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Gets Mixed Response From Syrian Jews on Refugees
The mayor or New York reportedly drew some criticism from Syrian Jews for comparing Muslim refugees fleeing their homeland with Jews fleeing the Holocaust. Bill de Blasio received warm applause as he vowed to keep New York Jews safe as terror fears are heightened but there were ripples of disapproval when he brought up the…
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