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News Quinoa, Trendy South American Grain, May Not Be Kosher for Passover
On any given day, a wind might blow through the farmlands of South America, pick up an errant grain of barley and deposit it nearby among the vast rows of cultivated quinoa. If that barley manages to make its way into a sifted batch of quinoa, and avoid detection during repackaging, it could wind up…
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Life Even Frum Girls Get GIFs
The thing about youth web culture is that kids of every background will appropriate trends to fit their own lifestyles. It’s not so easy for fashion, music or even food. But a social media meme? It’ll tear across the Internet, equally amusing to young netizens regardless of gender, race or class. And if Internet access…
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Opinion What David Brooks Didn’t Say About the Orthodox
There’s a telling moment in David Brooks’ New York Times column today about the growth, and attraction, of Orthodox Jewry. He describes the educational background of Layaliza Soloveichik, the wife of Meir Soloveichik (Brooks’ “tour guide” around Haredi Brooklyn) in this way: Layaliza was admitted to Harvard but went to what Brooks describes as a…
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Fast Forward Career Criminal Charged in Hit-and-Run That Killed Orthodox Family
A New York City man who fled a hit-and-run car crash that killed a young Orthodox Jewish family appeared before a Brooklyn judge on Thursday night to hear the charges that could put him in prison for life. Julio Acevedo, 44, of Brooklyn, faces three counts of criminally negligent homicide and one count of leaving…
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Life Hit-and-Run Tragedy Bridges Jewish Divide
I generally find it hard to feel as if I am part of the same Jewish people as Satmar Hasidim. Living not far from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, I see them regularly yet it’s hard to imagine feeling more worlds apart. At the mall I encounter young women — so young that in another life I would…
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Fast Forward Relatives Relieved at Arrest of Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Orthodox Family
Family and friends of the Orthodox family wiped out in a hit-and-run car crash over the weekend were relieved at the arrest of the killer driver, but still heartbroken at their crushing loss. Career criminal Julio Acevedo, 44, who has admitted slamming his car into the livery cab carrying the couple to the hospital to…
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Fast Forward Career Criminal Nabbed in Hit-and-Run Crash That Killed Orthodox Jewish Family
New York police on Wednesday said they apprehended a suspected hit-and-run driver following a weekend accident that killed a young Orthodox Jewish couple whose baby was later delivered by C-section but then died. “The suspect has been apprehended,” said New York Police Detective Kelly Ort. “It’s a sweet, bitter pill to swallow,” said community leader…
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Fast Forward Shameless Hit-and-Run Killer Says Sorry for Killing Orthodox Couple, ‘Miracle’ Baby
The shameless hit-and-run driver who killed an Orthodox couple as they rode to the hospital to deliver their first driver told a reporter that he was sorry that they died along with their newborn boy. Career criminal Julio Acevedo, who is still on the run from police, said he raced away from the horror Sunday…
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