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When Moishe Cohen opened Economy Candy on Essex Street on the Lower Side of Manhattan in 1937, Depression era customers chose their favorite treats from barrels of nuts, bins of dried fruits, blocks of halvah, and sweets, from chocolate to rock candy. Today’s patrons, in the throes of a deep recession, still flock to the store, now a block away from its original location, in search of discounted candy. But Economy, run today by Moishe’s son and grandson, is not the only longstanding example of Jews in the confection trade.

• It turns out Jews have contributed more to Easter than just the man whose resurrection it celebrates: A new documentary reveals that Peeps were first mass-produced by Russian-Jewish immigrant Sam Born. The marshmallow candies are still not kosher, however. [