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| At Least Two Old-School Jews Still Left on Lower East Side | |
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by Izzy Grinspan, October 18, 2007
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The Lower East Side has gotten steadily more obnoxious
since, oh, Rent debuted, but it’s managed to retain some vestiges of its old
Jewish past, even if the old chevra kadisha (that’s morgue to you) is now a pizza
place called Chickie Pigs. The new
NYC Real Estate video blog Into the Box talks to Sammy Gluck, an Orthodox Jew
who runs a menwear store in the neighborhood.
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Izzy Grinspan is Jewcy's ex-managing editor. Her work has been published in Salon, The Believer, and The Village Voice. More... |
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Is she touching his arm at the end of the video? Where's the tznius on the LES?
Hey, I took a photo of him and his dad earlier this year.