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A bagel with carrot-based 'lox' at Ben & Esther's, a vegan deli in Portland, Oregon. Aaron Lee/Ben & Esther's Ashkenazi cuisine is known for its meat-
Rob Nipe and Nora Rubel are ready for the Rosh Hashanah rush on brisket at their vegan butcher shop in Rochester, New York. (Shira Hanau/JTA) ROCHESTER, New York (JTA) — Rob Nipe and Nora Rubel hadn’t anticipated selling out of pastrami on their opening day. But when you have a vegan butcher shop certified kosher and open up just a few blocks from an Orthodox synagogue, perhaps selling out of pastrami is par for the course. Butcher, of course, is a bit of a misnomer: Everything in their shop Grass Fed — from the sliced “bacon” to the “butter chicken” to the “corned beef” —...