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2019-03-28 Europe

Germany: First postwar kosher restaurant opens in Leipzig

[DW] Cafe Salomon is Leipzig's first kosher restaurant since World War II. The Saxon city, where tens of thousands of Jews were persecuted in the 1930s, now has one of the most active Jewish communities in central Germany.

Hummus, fried fish and matzo ball soup: Those are some of the things you can find on the menu at Cafe Salomon, Leipzig's first kosher restaurant since World War II.

"We are trying to close a gap in Leipzig," according to Gotthard Dittrich, head of the Rahn school in Leipzig near the restaurant. He spoke with the Leipziger Volkszeitung (LVZ) newspaper at the store's opening ceremony on Tuesday.

According to Cafe Salomon's owner, Jakob Kerzhner, kosher-abiding Jews could only have meals "at home," he told LVZ. Most restaurants prepare meat, fish and dairy products in a kitchen, which is prohibited under Kashrut, Judaism's dietary laws.

The restaurant does not serve meat, because according to Kashrut laws milk and meat products have to be served in separate kitchens ‐ too complicated and expensive a process for Cafe Salomon. However, fish is on the menu, as well as other vegetarian and vegan options.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-03-28 08:10|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 That only took 72 years. Nice...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-03-28 11:15|| 2019-03-28 11:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Saxony was behind the Iron Curtain for most of the time after WW2.... hmmmm?

Posted by magpie 2019-03-28 12:29|| 2019-03-28 12:29|| Front Page Top

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