Two Egyptian-born Christian siblings opened a kosher cafe in Minneapolis. Jacob and Sue Botros, who serve dairy food at the Calypso Cafe, were helped along by a local Jewish woman who was born in Beirut, Lebanon. She spoke with the pair daily in Arabic as they mastered the details of kashrut.
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