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At 95, Shaindel Schreiber is still dispensing babka and advice on the Lower East Side

JL;DR SUMMARY Shaindel Schreiber, a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor, is a beloved fixture at Moishes Bakery on Manhattan's Lower East Side, the last traditional kosher bakery in the neighborhood. 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 CultureHolocaust SurvivorJewish CommunityManhattanLower East SideYeshiva EducationKosher BakeryShaindel SchreiberMoishes BakeryImmigrant Resilience

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New York, United States
"As I walk over to Moishes Bakery on Manhattans Lower East Side to visit Shaindel Schreiber, the 95-year-old woman who works behind the counter, I pass a sign announcing the opening of an English-language show in what used to be the neighborhoods Yiddish theater."
Ciechanow, Mazovia, Poland
"Schreiber was born in Ciechanow, Poland, in 1929."

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