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Jewish Community Mad About Mah-Jongg Source: www.nbcnewyork.com Call it a cultural crossover: The ancient Chinese game has been embraced by Jewish women, including the queen of Mah-Jongg on the Upper East Side. Ben investigates why the pastime has become a beloved Hebrew hobby while getting a few lessons.      Awesome!     

New York Pizza Delivery – Hong Kong Source: www.nypdpizza.com.hk Hong Kong’s best best pizza, pizza by the slice, Thompson’s taste of New York      NYPD Pizza in HK — what???     

JetBlue | All You Can Jet Source: www.jetblue.com All You Can Jet Returns      The 30 day unlimited JetBlue pass is back!     

Edible Souvenirs Need to Travel by Hand – NYTimes.com Source: www.nytimes.com An edible souvenir bought at its source and carried home can be more delicious, fans say, than one bought on the Web.      Yes, we do this!     

Inside the secret world of Trader Joe’s – Full Version Source: money.cnn.com Trader Joe’s, America’s hottest retailer, is also notoriously hush-hush. Fortune uncovers the secrets of its success.      TJ’s awesome!     

Brooklyn Law School graduate Irina Shekhets dies in Nepal plane crash on her 30th birthday Source: www.nydailynews.com Irina Shekhets and 13 others, including three other Americans, were killed when their Nepalese turboprop went down in heavy rain in a mountainous region about 50 miles south of the capital city of Katmandu.      RIP – very sad     

Report: 10 Million Killed Annually By Stepping Out Of Comfort Zones Source: www.theonion.com WASHINGTON—A new report published this week by the Department of Health and Human Services revealed that more than 10 million Americans are violently killed each year while attempting to break away from their regular everyday routines and try someth…

Sliced Bagels, Taxes on Top – WSJ.com Source: bit.ly What’s the tax on a bagel? It depends how you slice it—or in the case of New York, if you slice it. State tax officials have begun to enforce one of the more obscure distinctions within the state’s sales tax law.      So let me get this straight – sliced bagel, taxable; sliced bread, not taxable. If that isn’t arbitrary, I don’t know.     

‘The Social Network’ trailer: Who’s that choir covering Radiohead’s ‘Creep’? | EW.com Source: music-mix.ew.com The latest trailer for The Social Network, director David Fincher’s Facebook movie, set the blogs afire yesterday — not least because of the eeri…      Today’s soundtrack – that choir version goes really well with the trailer!     

This Sunday: Battle Of Brooklyn Turns 234 – Gothamist Source: gothamist.com Every year the Battle of Brooklyn is recreated at Green-Wood Cemetery, and this year that’s happening this Sunday! (If you spot any re-enactors, send us your photos!) Here’s our recap of what exactly went down back in 1776; it was the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War.      234 years ago today George Washington’s troops tried to hold off the British in the first battle of the U.S. Revolutionary War — just outside my window.