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The Jewish secret to affordable eyewear that isn't so secret anymore

JL;DR SUMMARY Minzers Optical, a Jewish-owned eyewear business in Brooklyn, has expanded beyond its initial ultra-Orthodox Jewish clientele to serve a diverse array of customers drawn by its reputation for low prices and speedy, in-person service. 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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BrooklynJewish ValuesTzedakahMinzers OpticalMordechai MinzerEyewearHaredi Jewish CommunityAffordable EyewearOpticianWord Of Mouth

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Brooklyn, New York, United States
"Mordechai Minzer, who started the business when he was just 19, this is entirely the result of word of mouth. And Minzers has held on in an age where Internet competitors such as Zenni have come close to matching its prices but cant offer its speedy, in-person customer service."
Borough Park, New York, United States
"So, Minzer started his own business by setting up a lab in the basement of his family home in Borough Park, making eyeglasses for wholesale customers."
Manhattan, New York, United States
"Mordechai Minzer, 64, was trained as an optician in Manhattan at the Bramson ORT Institute of Technology, which began in 1942 as a series of workshops for World War II refugees and is part of a global educational network driven by Jewish values."
New Jersey, United States
"He owns two sefer torahs, one of which was written to honor his parents. The scrolls are lent to yeshivas in New Jersey that dont own sefer torahs."

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