New York’s main Jewish charity group is opening a new kosher food pantry for the poor. The New York Metropolitan Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty is scheduled to open a new 10,000- square-foot food pantry in Brooklyn on Wednesday. The pantry is the hub of a network that feeds more than 9,000 families every month.
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