Food Tourism

With thousands of observant Jews in Jerusalem, as well as even more halal Muslims, one of the most important assets a restaurant can have is a kashrut certificate.  So important, in fact, that there's a substantial trade in ersatz certificates.  Since we were visiting my brother, the rabbi, we looked for these a lot.  Fortunately, unlike US clties, you can get a lot of really good food in Jerusalem eating kosher, and it doesn't even have to be expensive.

We rented an apartment in Jerusalem, an accommodation I strongly recommend over a hotel if you can manage it.  It was a little tricky with our cab driver (who spoke only Hebrew and Polish) getting there, but much more relaxed and vastly cheaper than a hotel.  The apartment we rented was on Emek Refraim, an attractive yuppie shopping district with great coffee (which I was thrilled about); if you're interested in renting it, contact me.

Anyway, when we arrived, the community center on Emek Refriam was having a street fair, including delicious Arab breads.   Pictured above is the cooker for traditional bedouin "crepes", which are then filled with yogurt, onions and spices.