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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 [...]

Contributed by: Dani Klein | Last Date of Visit: November 2008 Kosher Info: Los Angeles proper has one main drag of kosher restaurants, eateries, and markets. Basically everything I came across on my visits is on Pico Blvd. near Robertson Blvd. (aptly named the Pico-Robertson area). On Pico you will find Nagila Meating Place (meat) [...]

Contributed by M.A.  |  Last Date of Travel: January 2007 Kosher Info: Most of Panama City’s kosher restaurants are situated in the upscale Jewish neighborhood of Punta Paitilla. Punta Paitilla is only a short drive from downtown Panama City, where we stayed at the Marriott for a very reasonable price. Punta Paitilla boasts a meat [...]

Getting some more info on the site on keeping kosher. The following has been extracted from Judaism101:     Kashrut Certification The task of keeping kosher is greatly simplified by widespread kashrut certification. Products that have been certified as kosher are labeled with a mark called a hekhsher (from the same Hebrew root as the word “kosher”) that [...]

In my continuing piece on keeping kosher, here is the next segment:  The following has been extracted from Judaism101: Animals that may not be eaten Of the “beasts of the earth” (which basically refers to land mammals with the exception of swarming rodents), you may eat any animal that has cloven hooves and chews its cud. [...]

Many people have been contacting me recently with kosher questions. I figured it was about time to find some good content on what it is to keep kosher, the laws, background, specifics, idiosyncrasies, debunk certain “Kosher” myths, and explain why we do what we do. I must note that I am not a rabbi, or [...]

While there are nearly 22,000 Subway restaurants in the United States, only a tiny fraction of them are actually Glatt Kosher… the overwhelming majority doesn’t claim to be kosher at all, so be careful. I have eaten at a few of the kosher Subway places and I do admit, it is not my favorite fast [...]

While YeahThatsKosher is not a political website, and does not take any partisan views, we would like to let people know about this deal, should you be interested. For those fervently interested in witnessing Obama’s inauguration into the presidency, it will take place in Washington D.C. on January 20th, 2009. CheapOair.com is offering a special [...]

This is a re-post from CheapOair’s blog: http://cheapoair.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/ten-tips-for-backpackers/ Traveling abroad excites most of us, but it can be difficult to read situations in another country, with its different languages and customs. So, whether you’re a young traveler or a retiree, there are a few more things apart from passport, tickets and packing your bags, you [...]