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America’s oldest Jewish congregation launches a kosher food pantry on the Upper West Side

JL;DR SUMMARY Congregation Shearith Israel, known as the oldest Jewish congregation in the United States, celebrated Thanksgiving by opening a kosher food pantry on Manhattan's Upper West Side. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityNew YorkCharityManhattanThanksgivingVolunteerismKosher Food PantryMasbiaShearith IsraelDoordash

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Manhattan, New York, United States
"Their synagogue was opening a kosher food pantry on the Upper West Side of Manhattan."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Masbia currently has three locations, two in Brooklyn and one in Queens."
Queens, New York, United States
"Masbia currently has three locations, two in Brooklyn and one in Queens."

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