How a ‘lowly Orthodox,’ punk rock lesbian ended up in Hasidic Crown Heights

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How a ‘lowly Orthodox,’ punk rock lesbian ended up in Hasidic Crown Heights

Chef Rossi is confident she is the only person I’ll ever speak with who’s eaten kishka and grits for dinner. She may also be the only person who ever greeted Chabad leader Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson with a hearty “Hiya, Rebbe!” Brought up “lowly Orthodox” in Rumson, New Jersey, Slovah Davida Shana bas Hannah Rachel Ross grew up in a kosher home, but was allowed to order Big Macs (with coupons, without the meat). In high school she was a re…