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Former Jets center Nick Mangold dies at 41, less than 2 weeks after announcing he had kidney disease

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Former New York Jets center Nick Mangold, one of the franchise’s most popular and decorated players who helped lead the team to the AFC championship game twice, has died. He was 41. Continue reading Former Jets center Nick Mangold dies at 41, less than 2 weeks after announcing he had kidney disease→

The ‘etrog’ wars: How the Ottoman Empire turned a sacred fruit into a global commodity

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From the groves of Corfu and Cephalonia to the orchards of Tiberias and Jaffa, the saga of the etrog under Ottoman rule reveals how a fruit became entangled in struggles of faith and trade. Continue reading The ‘etrog’ wars: How the Ottoman Empire turned a sacred fruit into a global commodity→