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Michael Abramov

An archival photo of matzo-making at Streit's on the Lower East Side; things haven't changed all that much at the factory over the decades.

A family that’s made matzo on the Lower East Side for nearly a century prepares to leave the neighborhood

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For nearly 100 years, the Streit’s factory has been making matzo on the Lower East Side. But now Streit’s is shuttering its flagship matzo factory in what was once the center of Jewish immigrant life in New York.

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