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A Rich Brew: How Cafés Created Modern Jewish Culture by Shachar M. Pinsker Dictionaries even as the shadow ofListen to our podcast with author Sachar Pinsker here. A fascinating glimpse into the world of the coffeehouse and its role in shaping modern Jewish culture. Unlike the synagogue, the house of study, the community center, or the Jewish deli, the caf is rarely considered a Jewish space. Yet, coffeehouses profoundly influenced the creation of modern Jewish culture from the mid nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries. With roots stemming from the Ottoman