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Culture How the chicken man of Crown Heights became a Hasidic St. Francis of Assisi
Near Lubavitcher Headquarters, 21-year-old Daniel Yeroshalmi keeps watch over the 20 hens in the Crown Heights Homestead
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Holy Ground One of America’s first Jewish farms was nearly lost to history. Now these Brooklyn parents are risking everything to keep their family’s legacy alive.
Malya and William Levin sank their savings into reviving America’s first Jewish farm — and found themselves juggling four kids, two careers, and 85 acres of history that refused to behave
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News This Jewish family is betting the farm on Thanksgiving turkeys like bubbe cooked
At Chosen Farms, a kosher heritage turkey takes six months to raise and costs about $150
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Holy Ground As synagogues close, a grandson of Holocaust survivors is building a new one — in an Illinois cornfield
Amid the harvest, the descendants of Holocaust survivors paused their farmwork to pray in a tent beside the fields — marking the first step toward a new synagogue in the American heartland.
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer drove 600 miles to rescue a century-old synagogue. Now he’s building a new one in a cornfield.
All four of Nik Jakobs’ grandparents survived the Nazis. Now this Jewish cattleman is honoring them — and a shuttered Rust Belt synagogue — by building a new sanctuary and museum in rural Illinois
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News A forgotten front in the war: Israel’s farms at risk of failing for lack of low-wage labor
Volunteers poured in after Oct. 7, but they’re no replacement for migrant workers
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News In Jerusalem, a market blooms to help Gaza-area farmers hit hard by the war
"It's not just about buying fruits and vegetables," one customer said. It's "to support not only farmers but each other"
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