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Contributed by: Dani Klein | Last Date of Visit: June 2008 Kosher Info: Situated 90+ minutes (longer if you’re traveling during the weekend rush) north west of NYC, the Catskills have become the summer escape for Jewish urbanites for decades. Over the years kosher places have come and gone, while others still exist, feeding the [...]

Contributed by: Gavi Lewy-Neuman | Last Date of Travel: October 2008 Kosher Info: Essentially, the only kosher food available in Shenzhen is at the Chabad house.  They provide both Friday night and Shabbat day meals free of charge (donations are welcomed).  You may also order meals from them to take away.  Because of its close [...]

Contributed by: Gavi Lewy-Neuman | Last Date of Travel: October 2008 Kosher Info: There are 2 Chabad centers in Beijing.  The main Chabad house is located in the Chaoyang District, in the northern area, whereas the smaller Chabad center is further south from there (both in the east of Beijing).  I only visited the larger [...]

Contributed by: Linda Rosenberg Minkow | Last Date of Travel: November 2008 Kosher Info: Obviously, Israel abounds with kosher, delicious choices. All you have to do is make sure the restaurant has a Te’udat Kashrut (Kashrut Certificate) from the city’s Bet Din. Some places go above and beyond that, getting a certificate for Kosher L’Mehadrin, [...]

Contributed by: Eliezar Eidenbom | Last Date of Travel: August 2008 Kosher Info: Dallas has seen tremendous growth in kosher options in the last few years and now has several kosher restaurants and markets to take advantage of.  Like all cities, kosher restaurants come and go but some are becoming fairly well established now.  The [...]

Contributed by: Gavi Lewy-Neuman | October 2008 Kosher Info: There are 2 chabad centers in Shanghai – one in Pudong, and one in the main part of Shanghai on Hong Qiao Road in the south-eastern part of town.  I haven’t visited the one in Pudong, but info can be accessed at www.jewishpudong.com.  From personal experience, [...]

Contributed By: Avi Narrow-Tilonsky | Last Date of Travel: August 2007 Kosher Info: In Dharamkot, right outside Dharamsala, the Chabad center attracted about 200 people for Kabbalat Shabbat and Friday night dinner. Very few people speak English if that is a concern for you. The Beit Chabad in Dharamkot also runs a restaurant which serves [...]

Contributed by: Gavi Lewy-Neuman | Last Date of Travel: October 2008 Kosher Info: Hong Kong has a number of different kosher facilities. There are 2 Chabad centers – one in Kowloon and one on Hong Kong Island. Both offer Friday night and Shabbat day meals. There is an established community as well at the JCC [...]

While this is not a typical post for this site, I felt as kosher travelers, we all visit Chabad Houses all over the world. It is important that we recognize the great service that Chabad emissaries do for the Jewish community around the world. We all know by now that Rabbi Gavriel & Rivka Holtzberg, [...]

  Contributed by: Lisa Weinberger | Last Date of Travel: Presently living in Area Where are the Kosher Places in Valley of the Sun? Making the move from the Tri-State area where there were Kosher establishments to eat from Noah’s Ark and Veggie Heaven in Teaneck, NJ to the multiple choices of Kosher places located [...]

While everyone should heed the recent warnings in India, Thailand, Nicaragua, and in NYC, as Jews we need to take extra caution. Here are a few alerts or warnings that if you are traveling this holiday, please take notice! India 11/26/08 — There have been a series of blasts in a number of sites around [...]

As 2008 comes to a close, many of us are thinking about where to go on vacation this winter, can I afford it?, and is there kosher food there? Our staff at Yeahthatskosher.com are thinking about those same issues and asking the same questions. Do you have any tips on cheap (kosher) travel? We’d love [...]

Contributed by M.A. | Last date of Travel: January 2008 Kosher info: There are no kosher restaurants in the Galapagos Islands, not even vegetarian or vegan ones. The only options for the kosher traveler are to go with an organized tour, like Ecuadorkoshertours.com, or to bring along food. Fresh produce is available at the market [...]

According to Vayama.com flights from Boston’s Logan Airport to Tel Aviv are under $900 which includes taxes and fees. This must be booked by Tuesday, December 2nd. Flights are on Alitalia, and I assume it’ll have a stopover in Italy. By booking your travel through sponsored links on Yeahthatskosher.com you are helping our website. Please [...]

Contributed by Mirie Wiesenberg You can be kosher and travel anywhere… it just takes a little planning and a lot of creativity. Packing light can be a challenge with all the extra Jewish things you are going to need: tfillin, Shabbat clothes, spare food, but no worries you can do it, but one Shabbat outfit [...]

Kosherfest is similar to other conventions held at any other convention center. The only difference, kosher food. Wait, wait, FREE Kosher food. The sound of that makes any observant Jew grin with glee. I held the same feeling walking in to the exhibition hall, waiting to try all these new kosher goodies. Walking into Kosherfest [...]