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Venice, Italy

March 10th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Europe, Italy
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Contributed by Elina Rokhkind | Last Date of Travel: October 2009

Venice1Kosher Info: All Jewish life in Venice is clustered inside the former Ghetto area of two compact squares – Campo di Ghetto Nuovo and Campo di Ghetto Vecchio. Here you can find two meat kosher restaurants: Gam-Gam, which is owned and operated by Chabad, and Le Balthazar with the adjacent new kosher hotel Giardino del Ghetto (same ownership) under the supervision of Chief Rabbi of Venice.

It was packed in Gam-Gam on Thursday night, so reservations are recommended. The food was tasty and the service efficient, but the menu was mostly Israeli style with just a few Italian selections. On Shabbat Gam-Gam hosts communal meals (free, but donations are appreciated). They told us that in the summer they had up to 700 guests each week eating in shifts! During our October stay it was less crowded, but the restaurant was full nevertheless.

Le Balthazar also offers Shabbat meals, which you have to pre-pay. During our visit they hosted a morning Kiddush for everyone in their quaint backyard garden, so we got a glimpse of Le Balthazar’s cuisine and atmosphere. I must say, we were rather impressed, both the fresh authentic Italian delicacies they served and the lovely décor contributed to an extremely pleasant experience.

There is another small B&B in the Ghetto – Locanda del Ghetto, which only serves catered kosher breakfast for its guests.

Venice2There are also two kosher bakeries – one was never open while we were there, and the other had a nice selection of breads and pastries, and sold kosher packaged products and wine. The bakery is apparently owned by non-Jews, since it was open on Shabbat, while displaying two kashrut certificates. Chabad also runs a small makolet, where you can buy some dry goods and dairy, but it does not have set operation hours, so you need to arrange with them to open it.

Another dining option is the dairy cafeteria in the Jewish Museum of Venice, open during the museum hours. We tried it and were pleasantly surprised, as it offered simple but yummy Italian dishes and heimishe service. Finally, we discovered a gelateria Il Gelatone within a 5-minute walk outside of the Ghetto: all flavors marked with a K are kosher, but cookie holders are not permitted – ask for a paper cup.

Travel Info: Considered an ultimate romantic city with its web of narrow streets and myriads of canals, cozy squares, dreamy bridges and unique architecture, Venice would indeed be so if not for the masses of tourists. But even with the Manhattan-like crowds, the place is worth touring.

Many day-trippers never get to explore Venice beyond the St. Mark’s Square and a gondola ride. In fact, the city has a number of interesting museums and palaces one can visit, but the best part is just to roam through Venice, discover some back streets which no tourists reach, get lost in the narrow lanes and be amazed by the past grandeur and the ongoing struggle with the water to keep the history from decay. The Venetian phenomenon of acqua alta (“high waters”) caused primarily by the exceptionally high tides in the Adriatic Sea and magnified by the Venice’s continuous sinking into the lagoon, brings about periodical flooding of the area and challenges the upkeep of the suffering buildings.

Take a vaporetto (waterbus) ride along the Grand Canal – the once magnificent facades are somewhat dilapidated, but still charming. During the “high waters”, which foremost hit the overwhelmed by tourists San Marco area – the city’s lowest point, people navigate on raised platforms, and traffic can be slow.

venice3By all means, take some guided tour once in Venice to learn more about the rich and interesting history of the Venetian Republic. Both the Doge’s Palace “Secret Itineraries” tour (where they bring you to otherwise inaccessible floors of the palace) and the Clock Tower tour we took were very engaging and are highly recommended. The Doge’s Palace and the Clock Tower are both located on the famed Piazza San Marco together with the Basilica San Marco, the Campanille (bell tower) and several museums. Cafes with outside seating on the Piazza feature baroque and jazz music bands, and at night the square becomes a scene of “dueling orchestras”, when bands from different cafes take turns in showing off their virtuosity.

If you have a chance, visit other islands in the Venetian lagoon. Murano Island, famous for its glassmaking shops, is an interesting option, where you can catch a glass-blowing demo and purchase discounted (compared to Venice) glass pieces.

Jewish Info: The Ghetto area is the center of the Jewish life in Venice. Venetian Ghetto is the oldest in Europe – in 1516 it was decreed that Jews are to live in the small area in sestiere Cannaregio where the old foundries (geti in Italian) were located. Due to the guttural pronunciation of the German Jews who first settled in the geti area, the word “ghetto” appeared. Initially the Jews were given the Ghetto Nuovo, but later the Ghetto was enlarged to include Ghetto Vechio (the names of New and Old refer here to the new and old foundries, not sites of Jewish settlements). The Ghetto was closed at night, and the surrounding canals were patrolled by Christian guards. The Ghetto was abolished with the Napoleon’s conquest in 1797.
Several thousands Jews lived in this pretty confined area of two squares. Unusually high buildings with subdivided floors are the result of the cramped living conditions.

The synagogues in Ghetto Nuovo are located on the top floors of the buildings. Five beautiful 16th century synagogues (called Scole) are well-preserved and can be seen on a guided tour through the Jewish Museum of Venice. Two synagogues are open for services (the Levantine Scola in the winter, the Spanish Scola in the summer), with other synagogues functioning during the holidays.
Aside from the synagogues and the Jewish Museum, there are two Holocaust memorials, Beit-Chabad and their small yeshiva, and a bunch of Judaica stores in the Ghetto. For additional details check the Jewishitaly.org website.



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Barcelona, Spain

February 5th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Europe, Spain
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Contributed by: Esther Zar | Last Date of Travel: September 2009

Kosher Info: We flew into Barcelona with a list of three potential options for kosher food. Well as we eliminated them (one didn’t answer, and the other seemed questionable in kashrut), we were left with one last option: Isamar Kosher (Address: Carrer de l’Avenir, 29). barcelona1 We didn’t know much about it, except that it’s a kosher supermarket. We decided to use our google maps to walk there and get a taste of Barcelona while we were at it. Great idea! It was easy to get to, a pleasant walk from our hotel in the city center, and ended up being a great experience. When we first walked in, we saw a small gourmet-ish kosher supermarket with particularly good meat and cheeses. We were really craving hot food, so we asked if they have a place to maybe warm up something we buy there. Next thing you know, they open up a door and we see that they have a small restaurant that they have created on the side. They had very fresh and tasty meat options that were ready to go on the grill. We chose the burgers (though the kababs looked very good as well) and the cook prepared our food with real pleasure. The few people who walked in and out were very friendly and welcoming as well. What really stuck out in my mind was that a man walked in with his children at one point and we got to talking with him. He told us that there are only 5-6 families in all of Barcelona that actually keep kosher. Very few people know about this establishment, which is truly a shame. The food is good, and if there are only a few kosher families in Barcelona, the only way for these guys to stay open is with the visits of kosher tourists. Anyway, I highly recommend this place.

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Tourist Info: Right after we dropped off our bags at our hotel, we immediately hopped on one of those red tour buses. What a great idea. We literally got to see all the imporant sights in Barcelona, which enabled us to plan what we wanted to really see the next day. Also, the architecture in Barcelona is absolutely breathtaking, so getting to see all the different neighborhoods enables you to really get a taste of the varying types of architecture in Barcelona.

Another fun thing to do is to go through the market in the center of town. It’s extremely lively and you get a good sense for Spain’s people and smells. There’s also a beach, a beautiful stadium, and Gaudi’s park which are all interesting. But really, just wandering around through the center of town, you stumble upon the most amazing original and historic buildings.

Jewish Info: Apparently there are thousands of Jews in Barcelona, however very very few orthodox Jews. We weren’t there over Shabbat and didn’t really meet any other Jews other than that one experience in the supermarket/restaurant.
You can get more info from the Chabad (Jabad) in Barcelona here.

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Brussels, Belgium

January 26th, 2010 | 3 Comments | Posted in Belgium, Europe
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Contributed by: Michelle Szpilzinger | Last Visited: January 2009

Kosher Info: This site has a good list of the kosher resources in Brussels. There is not much to find in the old historic center, but there are currently two kosher restaurants in the EU area, which is not a major tourist destination but is fairly simple to get to by metro. Brussels I would check to see if they are open on evenings and weekends as I know for a fact that the EU area is deserted at night. I can not vouch for them as I did not eat at either one. Unfortunately, it seems that the one kosher place in Brussels I actually visited (Pilpel) is now closed, which is a shame as it was a nice little restaurant with an adjacent kosher shop that was open in the evenings. We bought our food for Shabbos there.

For Shabbat Hospitality, contact Chabad. They offered to host us for meals and accommodation, but we opted instead to stay in the city center. They were really nice and I had good communication with them by e-mail.

If you’re staying in the city center, the kosher shops are not terribly convenient by public transportation. We opted to stay in an apartment-hotel with a kitchen rather than a regular hotel and brought a small pot and pan and some food from home so we could save money and time by making our own food. We also figured it would mean avoiding the annoying key-card issue, and we almost did — the only problem was that our flat was above a shop and when the shop was closed you had to use the key from the outside or a button on the inside to open the electric door shutter. This meant we were stuck inside Friday night (though we didn’t mind, as it was cold) and on Shabbos day had to make sure the shop was open. It was annoying but I’d still highly recommend the company, Apartments Apart, as the flat was really comfortable and nice, cheaper than most hotels, and even provided free wifi. You also get to feel more like a local for your stay.

brusselsAnother option is to head over to Antwerp where kosher food abounds. It’s only 45 minutes or so from Brussels by train, and many kosher shops and restaurants are right near the Antwerp train station.  If you’re staying in Brussels for more than a day or two, Antwerp is a must-visit whether you need the food or not.

Chocolate is, of course, a Belgian specialty; but the only brand we were told is definitely kosher is Guylian, which you can also buy internationally. We did manage to find some obscure kosher chocolate in a tiny store in Bruges that happened to have an Israeli hechsher on it, but we never saw it in Brussels.

Another Belgian specialty is beer, including many types of flavored beers. We were never given a definitive answer on the kashruth of these beers, so we stuck to regular, plain beer.

As for the ubiquitous Belgian waffles (sold in stands on nearly every street)…good luck finding kosher ones. Let me know if you do. They smelled incredible — it was torture.

Tourist Info: Once a major medieval city, now the de facto capital of Europe, Brussels has a great mix of old and new with some amazing Art Nouveau thrown into the mix. A first stop for any visitor would be the Grand Place, a stunning square surrounded by the city hall and the glittering former guild houses of medieval merchants, where you can also find the tourist office. Every other summer the square is filled with a giant Carpet of Flowers. If I ever go to Brussels again, it’ll be a summer when I can see it. Nearby is the famous “Mannekin Pis,” a hilarious symbol of Brussels as it’s a fountain with a center sculpture of a tiny boy putting out a fire by rather unusual methods. (The title is a hint.)

Up a hill is Place Royal, home of the King’s Palace (open only in summer) and the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, which houses both the Museum of Ancient Art and a Modern Art museum.

For Elegant Shopping you can visit the Sablon Squares and Avenue Louise. If you have children with you, you might want to visit Mini-Europe.

One unique museum is the Center for Comic-Strip Art. Belgium is the home of the famous Tintin, and it’s a fun museum housed in a gorgeous Art Nouveau building. Art Nouveau lovers will also love the Museum of Musical Instruments and the Musee Horta.

Jewish Info: The Jewish community of Brussels is much smaller than the one in nearby Antwerp, much of it outside the historic center. We did not encounter a lot of it, but there are a few sites in the city center. The Great Synagogue is a lovely Neo-Romanesque structure on Rue de la Regence between the Palais de Justice and the Place Royal. There are also a couple of memorials to the Holocaust and Jewish martyrs. For more information on Jewish life in Brussels, check out the Jewish Virtual History Tour.



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Rome, Italy

January 11th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Europe, Italy
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Contributed by Elina Rokhkind | Last Date of Travel: October 2009

Kosher Info:

Thankfully, Rome offers a decent choice of options for the kosher traveler. In addition to the centrally located former ghetto neighborhood with about a dozen eateries ranging from the quick bites to fancy restaurants, there are a few other residential neighborhoods with the Jewish infrastructure.

In the Ghetto all restaurants are located in the close proximity to the Great Synagogue and to each other. There are four pricier sit-down restaurants: two dairy (Nonna Betta and Yotvata) and two meat (La Taverna del Ghetto and Ba’Ghetto), which are frequented by locals and tourists alike. It seems that visiting the Ghetto neighborhood and tasting the authentic Jewish Roman cuisine is considered an interesting and worthwhile experience even for a non-Jewish sightseer. We ate at Nonna Betta and Ba’Ghetto – both were really nice and offered a wide menu of Roman specialties. Ba’Ghetto seemed to be most popular.  Make sure to sample the local signature dish – artichokes alla Judaea. Almost all restaurants in the area have outside sitting, and in the cold weather fancier restaurants place large gas heaters near the tables, which makes for a very cozy and romantic dining.

The area also have 2 bakeries and a meat store (didn’t check them out), a dairy fast-food Beteavon (fresh panini and sandwiches with a heimishe feel), Fast Kosher (McDonalds-type fast-food, didn’t try it), Chagat (another meat fast-food, but more Israeli-type with choices like falafel), and Kosher Bistrot (fleishig café with a bit more sophisticated selection which also serves hot beverages and alcohol, and sells a number of imported and Italian packaged groceries; beware – prices are higher when you sit outside than at the bar inside). Pretty much every establishment including hole-in-the-wall joints served wine – and a good one! – so enjoy this inseparable part of an Italy vacation. Try ordering house wines (vino de casa) with your restaurant meal and you won’t regret it! Also, some really yummy kosher deli options exist in Italy, which we haven’t tried before – make sure to taste their carne seca.

Piazza Bologna, Marconi and Monteverde are other neighborhoods where Jews reside, with Piazza Bologna being the most populated. It boasts a few kosher hotels and B&Bs, 3 synagogues and several kosher stores and eateries. We only ate at the pizza/bakery place Pane al Pane (pretty good), which sells pizza by weight, and the variety of toppings makes you wish to try them all. 

From the restaurants located elsewhere we also tried C’e Pasta e Pasta (not far from Trastevere train station) – a takeout-type place with a few seats, selling delicious pasta products and appetizers (the cheese-filled crepes we ate there were simply divine). And I can’t recommend enough another dairy café and bakery called Dolce Kosher. (We happened to live nearby during our stay in Rome, otherwise it’s a shlep from the center.) Everything we tried there was absolutely amazing, and they have a mouthwatering selection of deserts! I couldn’t believe the parve pastries were actually parve. The place was abounding with the knowing locals, although we were there at 11 am on a weekday…

All Roman kosher establishments are under Beth Din of Rome, meat by default is not glatt (however, several restaurants offer glatt selections), some of the dairy places are Chalav Yisrael. For more detail on kosher options and Jewish life the Jewishitaly.org proved to be very instrumental. Also, Shamash.org kosher database provides details and reviews on the restaurants. 

Tourist Info:

Rome is filled with places to visit and things to do, so I can comment only on whatever we ended up doing during our 3.5 day visit. We explored the Ghetto neighborhood and visited the Main Synagogue and the Jewish Museum located in the same building (more info in the next section). We walked a lot in the historic center visiting most of the tourist landmarks: lively Campo dei Fiori with farmers market in the morning and live music in the evening, Pantheon, Piazza Navona with its impressive Bernini fountains, Piazza Colonna with a huge column, the legendary Trevi Fountain, and the ever-crowded Piazza di Spagna. We also had a walk through a vibrant Trastevere neighborhood, visited magnificent Piazza del Popollo, and promenaded along Via del Corso. Walking miles and miles in Rome you realize that the city itself is the biggest museum under the open sky with its abundance of architectural marvels, beautiful statues and plentiful fountains. Ancient ruins that pop up at you from everywhere is the most amazing thing. In the midst of the modern city you suddenly stumble upon some interesting excavations, or an enormous Egyptian obelisk, or the remains of an ancient wall. Structures are built upon the older foundations making the city a multi-layer history showcase. We were looking for the Pompey theater ruins marked on the map, but seen nowhere, until we found out that the remaining wall of the theater is the actual back wall of the present-day buildings on that street – bars, restaurants, hotels.
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We also visited the Michelangelo-designed Capitoline Square and were astounded to see the poster of Gilad Shalit on the City Hall. The enormous Victor Emmanuel monument complex nearby the Capitoline Hill offers great panoramic views of Rome. 

 We explored Ancient Rome monuments with a private guide from the Jewish tour company. There are 2 companies – Rome for Jews and  Jewish Roma that offer several tours of Rome with the Jewish twist. We went with the 1st company, and were quite satisfied, but their guides are Americans; Jewish Roma, I believe, has Italian guides. Our 3-hour tour included some introduction to the Ghetto and its history (on the way to the ancient sites), overview of the Forum and the story of the Jewish history in the Ancient Rome, a close-up of the Arch of Titus, tours of the Palatine Hill and the Colosseum. Since private guides are not inexpensive, it makes more sense to hire them if you are traveling with a small group. 

We visited Vatican with the tour by the Vatican Museums – it lasted 2 hours and covered the highlights. The Museums are enormous – plan ahead if you want to see something specific. Also, it is going to be less crowed if you visit it in the afternoon. Some people, who did not want to enter the Sistine Chapel, complained that they could not bypass it once they got close, since it’s a one-way path. In fact, there is a door on the top of the stairs which leads back through the main corridor – it may be marked as no entry, but there is a way out – try talking to the security guards if you are stuck, some of them are helpful. It’s about a 15-minute walk back through the museum and another 10 to the St. Peter’s Square to take a look at the famous semicircle of massive columns and the gigantic Basilica. 

We also wanted to see Galleria Borghese – an interesting collection of art and sculpture housed in a 17th-century cardinal villa. The museum requires advance reservation, as they only allow a certain amount of visitors every 2 hours. So if you are late – that’s what happened to us – you forfeit your visit since there are usually no extra tickets. Our only consolation was that the villa is located in the large and beautiful park – Borghese Gardens, which is a pleasure to walk or bike through (bike rentals available). 

It is vital to have a good map in Rome, since even with the map we kept getting lost. The locals are extremely friendly and go out of their way to help even when they don’t speak a word in English. A good bus route map is also helpful since metro coverage is limited. Romans get around mostly by motorini (mopeds) – the swarms of them are an inextricable part of the local character. 

Jewish Info:

 Rome’s Jewish community numbers about 15 000, it has 14 synagogues (all of them Orthodox), and an established Jewish infrastructure with schools, mikvahs, periodicals and communal organizations. An outsider, judging by the cover, would not be able to tell who is Jewish – not many kipahs and distinguishably Jewish dress is seen even in the Jewish places.

 Rome is home to one of the most ancient Jewish communities in Diaspora – first Jews settled here during the 2nd century BCE. Neither Ashkenazi nor Sephardi, they are called Bnei Roma (or Italiki Jews), and they have their own nusach and minhagim. Obviously, a lot of other Jews (mostly Sephardim) joined the Roman community throughout the centuries. During the Ghetto times Jews were allowed to have only one synagogue, so they housed several minyanim in one building. 

The Ghetto existed from 16th to the late 19th century, and it enclosed several blocks near the Tiber River. The frequently flooded area, where thousands of Jews crammed was in such a miserable condition by the time of the unification of Italy, that it was completely demolished and rebuild. In place of the old synagogue the Roman Jewish community built a magnificent new structure clearly recognizable on the Roman skyline by its rectangular dome. All artifacts from the old shuls were preserved and are now either in use in the synagogues throughout Rome or on the display in the Jewish Museum of Rome. The Jewish Museum also houses a large collection of Torah covers which Jewish housewives crafted from the second-hand clothing they husbands peddled. The Museum ticket includes a half-hour tour of the Synagogue with the overview of the history of Roman Jewry. There are daily services in the Great Synagogue.

 Also of Jewish interest is Ostia Antica – a large archeological site containing excavations of an ancient synagogue. It is outside of Rome, and accessible by public transportation. (We haven’t visited it, however).

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Kosher Chinese Restaurants · 洁净中国餐馆 · מסעדות סיניות כשרות

December 24th, 2009 | 7 Comments | Posted in Belgium, Blog, Canada, Europe, France, Israel, UK, USA
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There is now a silly tradition that many Americans hold Christmastime each year… to indulge in Chinese cuisine. Since the Chinese do not celebrate Christmas, like us Jews, their restaurants have no need to take a hiatus on Xmas day.

In honor of this wacky tradition, we’ve compiled a list of Chinese restaurants (both sit-down & take-out) for your convenience.
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  • NORTH AMERICA
    Annie Chan’s Restaurant
    190-11 Union Turnpike
    (off 190th Street)
    Fresh Meadows, NY 11366


    Bamboo Garden Vegetarian Cuisine
    364 Roy Street
    Seattle, WA USA 98109
    www.bamboogarden.net

    Chai Peking
    2205 Lavista Road Northeast
    Atlanta, GA 30329
    www.chaipeking.com

    China Bistro
    3565 NE 207th Street
    (The Waterways)
    Aventura, FL 33180

    China Glatt
    4413 13th Avenue
    (Between 44th & 45th St.)
    Brooklyn, NY 11219

    Chopstix
    172 West Englewood Avenue
    Teaneck, NJ 07666
    www.chopstixusa.com

    Chopstix
    478 Pleasant Valley Way
    West Orange, NJ 07052
    www.chopstixusa.com

    ChoSen Garden
    64-43 108th Street
    (Bet. 64th Rd. & 65th Rd.)
    Forest Hills, NY 11375

    ChoSen Island
    367 Central Avenue
    (Cor. of Central Ave. & Frost Lane)
    Lawrence, NY 11559

    ChoSen Village
    505 Middle Neck Road
    Great Neck, NY 11023

    Dragon Inn Glatt Kosher
    7638 Castor Ave
    Philadelphia, PA 19152

    Eden Wok Manhattan
    43 East 34th Street
    (Bet. Park & Madison Ave)
    New York, NY 10016
    www.edenwok.com

    Eden Wok Westchester
    1327 North Avenue
    (Northfield & Quaker Ridge Rd.)
    New Rochelle, NY 10804
    www.edenwok.com

    Ernie & Ellie
    6900 Decarie Blvd.
    (Decor De’Carie Square- enter through Venezia)
    Montreal, QC
    H3X 2T8, Canada

    Golden Chopsticks
    7000 Bathurst Street
    Vaughan, ON L4J, Canada
    www.goldenchopstick.ca

    Grand Bamboo
    106 Route 59
    (Corner Route 306)
    Monsey, NY 10952

    Hunan
    557 Kings Highway
    Brooklyn, NY 11223

    King Solomon’s Table
    3705 Chesswood Drive,
    North York, ON
    M3J 2P6, Canada
    www.kingsolomonstable.com

    Mr. Chopstik
    4020 Royal Palm Ave
    Miami Beach, FL 33140

    Royal Dragon
    4832 Boiling Brook Pkwy
    Rockville, MD 20852
    www.royalkosherrestaurant.com/royaldragon.htm

    Shangchai
    2189 Flatbush Ave
    Brooklyn, NY 11234

    Shanghai Diamond Garden
    9401 West Pico Blvd.
    Los Angeles, CA 90035

    Singapore Chinese Vegetarian *
    1006 Race Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19107-2306
    www.singaporevegetarian.com
    (*this place is vegan / vegetarian and is open on Shabbat)

    Tein Li Chow
    2485 Howard
    Evanston, Illinois
    www.teinlichow.com

    Wok ‘n Take Out
    455 Route 306
    Wesley Hills, NY 10952
    www.wokntakeout.com

    Wok Tov
    594 Central Avenue
    Cedarhurst, NY 11516

    Yi-Tzi Peking
    145 Montgomery Avenue
    Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
    www.yitzipeking.com

  • EUROPE
    Blue Lagoon
    Lange Herentalsestraat 70
    2018 Antwerp, Belgium

    Kaifeng
    51 Church Road
    Hendon, NW4 4DU
    England, UK

    Missada
    45, rue Laugier
    75017 Paris
    France

  • ISRAEL

    Canton
    The Tayelet Hotel
    6 Gad Machnes Street
    Netanya , Israel
    (Kosher Rabanut)
    www.chinese.co.il

    Chai Tai
    Moshav Hutzot Hagolan
    Katzrin, Israel
    (Kosher Rabanut)

    The Chinese Wall
    26 Mikve Israel St
    Tel Aviv, Israel
    (Kosher Rabanut)

    China-Lee
    7 Montifyori St
    Tel Aviv, Israel
    (Glatt Kosher)

    Korussin
    Malha Shopping Center
    Jerusalem, Israel
    (Kosher Mehadrin)

    Lemon Grass
    Azrieli Shopping Center
    Tel Aviv, Israel
    (Kosher Rabanut)

    Lemon Grass
    22 Even Gvirol St
    Tel Aviv, Israel
    (Kosher Rabanut)

    Ming Ling
    12 Herzel
    Tel Aviv, Israel
    (Kosher Rabanut)

    Pikansin
    Azrieli Mall ~ 1st floor
    Tel Aviv, Israel
    (Kosher Rabanut)

    Tokyo Bankok
    40 Ainstain St
    Ramat Aviv Shopping Center
    Tel Aviv, Israel
    (Kosher Rabanut)

    Tuch Food
    48 Menahem Begin Road St
    Tel Aviv, Israel
    (Kosher Rabanut)

    Yosi Pekin
    15 Keren Kayemet St
    Jerusalem, Israel
    (Kosher Rabanut)

  • CHINA
    Dini’s Kosher Restaurant
    Nuren Jie Xingba Lu Jiuba Jie
    Beijing, China

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Open for Passover 2009 in Europe

April 8th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Czech Republic, Europe, France, Italy, UK
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Jews the world over are traveling around to friends, family, or to new locations this Passover. While it is typically impossible to find kosher restaurants or eateries open for Passover, here are a few that I’ve found that will be open this year on Chol Hamoed (intermediary days of Passover):

Prague, Czech Republic

Shalom
Maiselova 18
11000 Prague, Prague 1 – Josefov
+420-226-235-043
http://www.jewishprague.cz/shalom-restaurant.php

Paris, France

Les Ailes
rue Richer 34
75009 Paris
+33-1-477-062-53
http://www.lesailes.fr/

Rome, Italy

Yesh
Via Silvestro Gherardi 51
00146 Rome, Marconi
+39-(0)655-616-97
http://www.yesh.it/

London, UK

Dizengoff
Golders Green Road 118
London, Golders Green
+44 (0)20 8458 7003/8458
http://www.dizengoffkosherrestaurant.co.uk

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Rome, Italy

November 4th, 2008 | 2 Comments | Posted in Europe, Italy
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Contributed by: Sara Marx  |   Last Date of Travel: October 2008

Kosher Info: Via Del Portico d’Ottavia is a street with many kosher options and it is right by the big main synagogue. There are two “upscale” meat restaurants, a dairy place (we didn’t try it), and a couple of falafel/fast food places. We ate at La Taverna Del Ghetto where I had meat ravioli with meat sauce and my husband had goulash with a side of pasta and we were both extremely happy with our choices. The restaurant had a Sukkah, as did a couple of other restaurants on the street. There was a new-looking store called something like Jewish Bistro and it looked like it sold wine and maybe some minimal groceries.

Tourist Info: I cannot recommend enough the Knopf MapGuide that we used in Rome. It was the best $10 we could have spent in preparation for this trip! Highlights include the typical stuff: Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, Spanish steps, Piazza Navona, Saint Peter’s Basilica, Colosseum. We really enjoyed the audio guide at the Vatican Museums. Be prepared for a lot of tourists and fees at absolutely everything.

We did a day trip to Ostia Antica, which is a short train ride away from Rome, and is a very cool excavation of ruins from a port city. It was super fun just to walk around and take it all in, and there are ruins of a synagogue, too. There’s not much in the town and the castle fortress has free tours, but only in Italian. 

Jewish Info: We arrived in Rome on chol hamoed Sukkot and a woman who worked at La Taverna Del Ghetto was a good resource as far as where and when to show up for chag services. We went to davenning at the big synagogue erev Shemini Atzeret where there was a decent turn out, and we went on erev Simchat Torah where they had a great turnout and it was a lot of fun. My husband made his way up to the front and got a hakafah. The Italki nusach is definitely different and interesting and we enjoyed learning about it. We stayed at the Costaguti Palace B&B literally a block from the kosher restaurants and 2 blocks from the synagogue and walking distance to all the sites. It was Shabbat/chag friendly, although on the fourth floor.

For those that are interested, there are 3 Chabad centers in Rome: http://www.chabad.org/centers/default_cdo/city/Rome/country/Italy/ea/1/jewish/Chabad-Lubavitch.htm

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Kosher Cruises to Israel

November 1st, 2008 | 2 Comments | Posted in Africa, Blog, Cruises, Egypt, Europe, Greece, Israel, Italy, Turkey
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Flipping through the Jewish Press I came across an ad for Kosher Cruises. That didn’t catch my eye, but when I saw “First Ever Kosher Cruise to Israel & Egypt” I said wait… that’s cool.

The cruise is Glatt Kosher includes stops in Naples, Italy; Athens & Rhodes, Greece; Ephesus (Kusadasi), Turkey; Haifa & Ashdod, Israel; and Alexandria, Egypt. The “Ancient Empires” tour is a 13-day cruise on the brand new Celebrity ship Equinox round-trip from Rome. The trip leaves August 18-31, 2009. Click here for the full itinerary.

While this trip does sound amazing, it costs a whopping $4,550 per person for the crappiest room available. That cost doesn’t even include another $650+ in additional charges and taxes. That’s a bit steep for me… but if you can afford it, have fun!

The cruise is run by Lasko Tours which runs fancy holiday programs, especially Pesach, and numerous cruises around the globe. Mr. Lasko, is there any way you can take me and my wife on one of your cruises? I’m sure I can work out a way to help market your company. :-)

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