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Maryland kosher pizzeria to furloughed federal workers: You can pay us back later

JL;DR SUMMARY In response to the financial strain caused by a prolonged federal government shutdown, Ben Yehuda Pizza, a kosher pizzeria in Silver Spring, Maryland, has offered federal workers the option to defer payment for meals. 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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Kosher RestaurantJewish CommunitiesOrthodox Jewish CommunityCommunal SupportJosh KatzGovernment ShutdownFinancial StrainFederal WorkersBen Yehuda PizzaDeferred Payment

Places mentioned

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
"Earlier this month, Josh Katz noticed a dip in sales at his kosher restaurant, Ben Yehuda Pizza in Silver Spring, Maryland."
San Diego, California, United States
"In San Diego, the local branch of the Jewish Family Service began distributing bags of groceries to affected federal workers just days into the shutdown."
New York, United States
"The Hebrew Free Loan Society of New York, for example, is providing interest-free loans of up to $7,500 for federal employees affected by the current shutdown."

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