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🌱 Patch AM: How Skokie’s new kosher community fridge is feeding dozens daily

Also check out Little Legends Fall Outdoor Soccer (Ages 3-7) on the Skokie Patch calendar

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  • How Skokie's new kosher community fridge is feeding dozens daily

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📰 News we're reading

• First Kosher Community Fridge In The U.S. Dedicated To Slain Hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin (ground.news) — Skokie residents now have access to what organizers call the nation's first kosher community fridge, dedicated to slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin and located outside Skokie Valley Agudath Jacob. The refrigerators are reportedly used about 50 times a day and stocked with kosher food, but are open to people of any background. This new resource offers a practical, dignified way for neighbors in need to get food locally.
   

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