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For 110 years, a proudly Jewish family has been a treasured purveyor of pork

JL;DR SUMMARY The Teitel Brothers Wholesale Grocery on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx is a century-old institution run by the Teitel family, Orthodox Jewish immigrants from Poland, known for its Italian pork products. 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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BronxJewish IdentityFamily Run BusinessCultural AdaptationFood BusinessImmigrant HistoryTeitel BrothersItalian GroceriesOrthodox Jewish ImmigrantsArthur Avenue

Places mentioned

Bronx, New York, United States
"Every Friday night, Gilbert Teitels mother would wash the floors in their Bronx apartment, set down newspapers (likely the Forverts), light the candles and serve a kosher meal."
New Rochelle, New York, United States
"Two women, customers for 40 years, drove in from New Rochelle to pick up panettone and figs."
Rockland County, New York, United States
"Gilbert Teitel now lives in the Country Club neighborhood in the East Bronx; two of his sons reside in Rockland County and one in Whitestone."
Whitestone, New York, United States
"Gilbert Teitel now lives in the Country Club neighborhood in the East Bronx; two of his sons reside in Rockland County and one in Whitestone."
Tarnobrzeg, Subcarpathia, Poland
"Orthodox immigrants from Tarnobrzeg in what is now Poland, Teitel pointed to a pattern of contrasting tiles by the store entrance: a crimson Star of David mosaic added in the 1930s, in response to events in Europe."
San Marzano, Taranto, Italy
"The San Marzano tomatoes are really from San Marzano."

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