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For Passover - The Family Matzo Business

From: Alex Goldmark
Length: 00:07:20

Visit a matzo factory and meet the family that's made Passover tasty for 80 years. Read the full description.

Streitsmatzo15_small If you celebrate passover you might recognize the matzo in a pink box. Streits Matzo company has been baking the unleavened bread in the same Manhattan factory with the same methods for over 80 years. The family stewards of today show us how it's made while on an exciting factory tour and they explain why they haven't sold out or moved to modern facilities.

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Piece Description

If you celebrate passover you might recognize the matzo in a pink box. Streits Matzo company has been baking the unleavened bread in the same Manhattan factory with the same methods for over 80 years. The family stewards of today show us how it's made while on an exciting factory tour and they explain why they haven't sold out or moved to modern facilities.

Broadcast History

Aired on Passover A Time for Crunch 2007 Special distributed by PRI.