#Long Island rabbis accused of ‘Mafia-like’ methods in kosher turf battle

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“#Long Island rabbis accused of ‘Mafia-like’ methods in kosher turf battle” Call them La Kosher Nostra. A clique of rabbis on Long Island are being accused of Mafia-like tactics to maintain what amounts to a monopoly over the local kosher certification process — sparking a twisted turf war that has outraged local residents and businesses…

#Stop politicizing the pandemic and other commentary

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“#Stop politicizing the pandemic and other commentary” Libertarian: Stop Politicizing the Pandemic “There is an all-too-familiar gracelessness in politicized conversations about the coronavirus,” sighs Reason’s Matt Welch. Anti-lockdowners and dour mask fanatics alike “feel surrounded by murderers and denialists,” who “are either intentionally trying to make things worse or just too blinkered to admit there’s…

#The great kosher meat war of 1902 was one wild protest

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“#The great kosher meat war of 1902 was one wild protest” The organizers expected just 50 people. But on May 15, 1902, nearly 500 women packed into the meeting hall at 88 Monroe St. on the Lower East Side, with more gathered outside. “New York never saw such a huge gathering of Jewish women,” one…