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A grass-roots effort by a community of Orthodox Jews temporarily fended off a proposal from Wal-Mart to build a store in their town of Monsey, N.Y. The mega-retailer had been courting rabbis along with the general populace—even sending out fliers in Yiddish!—but met with firm opposition from community members, who apparently were concerned about exposing "their children to such unwelcome sights as bikinis and lingerie."

Perhaps Monsey has bigger problems. A quick Google search revealed a gentlemen’s club, "T & A’s," located within city limits, but it seems like the service there just isn’t what it used to be.

"This place has really gone down hill," writes one user on a message board dedicated to escort reviews. "Does anyone know what happened to the Hungarian girls that use to dance at the club?"

(And no, that’s not a translation from the original Yiddish.)