Mixing Bowl: Kosher Campus, Beet Latkes

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The New York Daily News broke the sad news yesterday: the last H & H Bagel shop (on West 46th St.) is now closed. Legal troubles and economic woes are to blame. Oy. [New York Daily News]
College Prowler ranks the best Kosher campuses. Brandeis is not (quite) first.
An article on the tensions between Hasids and Hipsters in Crown Heights — published on the same day a new foodie restaurant opens in the neighborhood. Couldn’t make this up. New York Daily News; Prospect Heights Patch
Not exactly seasonal, but this beet-infused latke recipe sure looks interesting. London Evening Standard
You heard it first from the Jew and the Carrot in November, and now you can literally hear about Muslim-owned Coney Island Bialys and Bagels in this NPR piece on the bakery. [NPR]
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