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How your matzah gets made: A peek inside the Streit’s factory

JL;DR SUMMARY Streits, a renowned kosher food company best known for its matzah, is celebrating its centennial anniversary. 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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KosherPassoverTraditionFamily BusinessLower East SidePj LibraryHalachaRockland CountyMatzahStreits

Places mentioned

Lower East Side, New York, United States
"...the bakery was first opened on Rivington Street on the Lower East Side in 1925..."
Rockland County, New York, United States
"...the bakery left the city in 2015 for a bigger, more modern factory in Rockland County..."
Mifflinville, Pennsylvania, United States
"...from the flour being processed at the companys mill in Mifflinville, Pennsylvania..."
Orangeburg, New York, United States
"...from 1935 until 2015 when we moved here. Moving from the old Lower East Side factory to the new one essentially allowed Streits to leap a century in time. Buttons on screens now help fix machine jams ..."
Canada
"...baking and shipping Passover matzah overseas to their international customer base which, this year, included Canada, Mexico, Turkey, South Africa and Israel..."
Mexico
"...baking and shipping Passover matzah overseas to their international customer base which, this year, included Canada, Mexico, Turkey, South Africa and Israel..."
Turkey
"...baking and shipping Passover matzah overseas to their international customer base which, this year, included Canada, Mexico, Turkey, South Africa and Israel..."
South Africa
"...baking and shipping Passover matzah overseas to their international customer base which, this year, included Canada, Mexico, Turkey, South Africa and Israel..."
Israel
"...baking and shipping Passover matzah overseas to their international customer base which, this year, included Canada, Mexico, Turkey, South Africa and Israel..."
Uzbekistan
"Abramov said he helped his mother make hand-made matzah back home in Uzbekistan."

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