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Some local Jews boycotting strawberries

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By abc7NY
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
NEW JERSEY Rabbis in some of North Jersey's Jewish communities say the strawberry is unclean and violates jewish dietary law.

Certain bugs sometimes like to eat strawberries and other produce and while they are very tiny, the religion forbids eating live insects.

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