Archive | August, 2008

✈ Keeping Kosher in Oxnard, CA

Contributed by: Dani Klein | Last Date of Travel: August 2008 Kosher Info: Oxnard, CA houses the Herzog Wine Cellars, one of the U.S.’s finest kosher wine brands. Within the complex there is Tierra Sur, a classy glatt kosher meat restaurant, obviously with a wide selection of kosher Herzog wines. I was only able to [...]

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✈ Keeping Kosher in Vail, CO

Contributed by: Rabbi Dovid Mintz | Last Date of Travel: {Author lives in Vail} Kosher Info: Chabad Jewish Center of Vail offers a kosher menu @ www.KosherVail.com. Meals can be ordered 24 hours in advance and are delivered daily at approximately 6 pm. Citi Market in Vail carries a small kosher section, kosher breads and [...]

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✈ Keeping Kosher in Istanbul, Turkey

Contributed by Dahlia Adler Fisch | Last Visit: July 2008 Kosher info: There is a surprisingly large population of Jews living in Istanbul today, but there is only one Kosher restaurant in the entire city of Istanbul. Fortunately, it’s a good one—tasty, reasonably priced, and accepts all major credit cards. Carne is located at 53 [...]

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✈ Keeping Kosher in Prague, Czech Republic

Contributed by: Dahlia Adler Fisch | Last visited: July 2008 Kosher Info: If you’re looking for a vacation destination that’s both incredibly beautiful and rich in Jewish history, not to mention extremely Kosher-friendly, look no further than the capital of the Czech Republic. Prague (or Praha) has not one but three Kosher restaurants (four if [...]

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✈ Keeping Kosher in Tokyo, Japan

Contributed by: Sam Adler | Last Date of Travel: March 2008 (With contributions from Josh Margo | Last Date of Travel: April 2006) Kosher Info: Eating kosher in Japan is very easy… if you have a kitchen! With some of the best quality fruits and vegetables being shipped to Japan, and of course the fish, [...]

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✈ Keeping Kosher in Boston, MA

Contributed by: Paul Hurwitz | Last Date of Travel:Currently resides in Boston Kosher Info: For a city as big as the Boston Metro area, you’d think there would be more kosher restaurants. Unfortunately this is not the case, but there are choices. The Jewish center of Boston is actually the Coolidge Corner area of Brookline. [...]

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✈ Keeping Kosher in Martinique

Contributed by George Medovoy | Last Date of Travel: July 2008 Kosher Info: You might not think of ever finding kosher food on the island of Martinique, a far-flung French outpost in the Caribbean archipelago with an eternal summer and an infectious African-Creole culture. But don’t be fooled — Martinique is also home to a [...]

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✈ Keeping Kosher in Norfolk / Virginia Beach, VA

Contributed by: Linda Rosenberg Minkow | Laste date of travel: Author currently lives there Kosher info: Norfolk has a growing array of kosher conveniences. Two local supermarkets carry a limited selection of kosher products: Harris Teeter on DeBree Avenue and The Marketplace (formerly Gene Walters) on 21st Street between Colonial and Colley. The Marketplace is [...]

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✈ Keeping Kosher in San Jose, Costa Rica

Contributed by: Linda Rosenberg Minkow | Last date of travel: October 2007 Kosher Info: The first thing I recommend if you are going to Costa Rica is make sure to plan in advance! There are kosher options for tours from www.kosherexpeditions.com or through www.alturatourcostarica.com, but you have to call in advance to arrange it. And [...]

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