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Argentina
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South America · 100 certified places
Latin America's biggest Jewish community: a big kosher scene and many shuls in Buenos Aires, Chabad in Patagonia and the Andes, and nothing kosher at the falls.
Good in several cities
Aruba
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Central America & Caribbean · 9 certified places
A small but easy kosher beach trip: a year-round kosher steakhouse and pizza truck at the Hyatt, and Chabad for Shabbat meals, minyan and kosher groceries.
A few certified spots
Australia
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Oceania · 101 certified places
Two real kosher cities: Melbourne's Caulfield and Balaclava and Sydney's Rose Bay and Bondi, each with eruv, shuls and dozens of certified places; then the reef, the Outback and Tasmania with packed food and Chabad.
Good in several cities
Austria
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Europe · 28 certified places
Vienna's Leopoldstadt has a good choice of certified places, a kosher hotel and a working eruv; beyond it, Chabad Salzburg and kosher deliveries across the Alps.
Good in one city
Azerbaijan
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Middle East · 3 certified places
Chabad, two synagogues, a mikvah and a new Chabad-supervised restaurant in central Baku, plus the Mountain Jewish Red Village near Quba.
A few certified spots
Bahamas
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Central America & Caribbean · 4 certified places
All the kosher food in the Bahamas sits in one resort: a glatt kosher restaurant, a dairy food truck and Shabbat meals at the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, under Chabad.
A few certified spots
Belgium
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Europe · 26 certified places
Antwerp's Chassidic Jewish quarter: certified restaurants, kosher bakeries, dozens of shuls and an eruv, with Brussels, Bruges and Ghent as easy day trips.
Good in several cities
Belize
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Central America & Caribbean · 1 certified places
One Chabad House on Ambergris Caye, with a kosher meat kitchen and Shabbos meals; everywhere else in Belize, bring your own food.
A few certified spots
Brazil
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South America · 58 certified places
São Paulo's kosher scene and weekly-checked eruv, a real kosher week in Rio, and Chabad from the Amazon to the Bahia beaches.
Good in several cities
Bulgaria
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Europe · 9 certified places
Chabad and a few certified places in Sofia, mehadrin ski Shabbos in Bansko, summer Chabad on the Black Sea, and the Pele Yoetz's kever.
Good in one city
Cambodia
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Asia · 3 certified places
One strong Chabad base in Phnom Penh, with a kosher restaurant, shop and mikvah, and kosher delivery to Angkor and anywhere else in Cambodia.
A few certified spots
Canada
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North America · 228 certified places
Two big kosher cities, Toronto and Montreal, with eruvin and hundreds of certified spots, plus Chabad meals from Niagara and Quebec City to the Rockies.
Major kosher destination
Chile
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South America · 12 certified places
A small, solid kosher scene in Santiago's Lo Barnechea and Las Condes: certified sushi, pizza, steaks and takeaways, Jabad and Aish, a mikvah and an eruv. Elsewhere, bring food.
Good in one city
China
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Asia · 9 certified places
Kosher China runs on Chabad: kitchens in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan and Chengdu, Shabbos tables for travellers, and Shanghai's refugee story.
Good in one city
Colombia
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South America · 23 certified places
A small certified scene in Bogotá and lively Chabad houses in Medellín, Cartagena, San Andrés and Salento: plan your Shabbos and security registration ahead.
Good in one city
Costa Rica
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Central America & Caribbean · 13 certified places
Chabad in five towns, a kosher hotel in Jacó and Santa Teresa, a kosher supermarket in San José: Costa Rica works for kosher travellers who plan ahead.
Good in one city
Croatia
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Europe · 3 certified places
No kosher restaurants, but Chabad in Zagreb feeds travellers country-wide, and Dubrovnik and Split hold two of Europe's oldest Sephardi synagogues.
Chabad / bring your own
Curaçao
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Central America & Caribbean · 5 certified places
No kosher restaurants, but Chabad's takeout delivers island-wide, Shabbos is warm at Shaarei Tsedek, and the 1732 Snoa is the Americas' oldest synagogue in use.
Chabad / bring your own
Cyprus
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Europe · 34 certified places
Chabad Houses, one national hechsher and dozens of certified places across Larnaca, Limassol, Paphos, Ayia Napa and Latchi, plus mehadrin kosher hotels.
Good in several cities
Czechia
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Europe · 18 certified places
Prague's Jewish Quarter: the Altneuschul, the Maharal's kever, Chabad and a good choice of certified places to eat, with Moravia's kivrei tzaddikim a drive away.
Good in one city
Côte d'Ivoire
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Africa · 1 certified places
One warm Chabad house in Abidjan: Shabbos minyan, Shabbos meal packs and kosher take-away delivered to your hotel, by order.
A few certified spots
Denmark
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Europe · 4 certified places
Scandinavia's kosher restaurant, a daily minyan, a mikveh and Chabad Shabbos in central Copenhagen, plus a kosher shop and moving 1943 rescue history.
Good in one city
Dominican Republic
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Central America & Caribbean · 5 certified places
Chabad in Santo Domingo with a kosher restaurant, market and mikvah, a new Chabad on the North Coast, and kosher meals delivered to any beach resort.
A few certified spots
Ecuador
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South America · 5 certified places
Chabad-supervised kosher in Guayaquil, Chabad houses in Quito and surf-town Montañita, and sealed kosher meals shipped to your Galápagos boat.
Good in one city
El Salvador
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Central America & Caribbean · 3 certified places
A Chabad kitchen on the surf coast at El Tunco and an Orthodox Sephardi shul with a mikvah and a kosher mini-market in San Salvador.
A few certified spots
Estonia
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Europe · 2 certified places
Tallinn's synagogue runs a kosher shop, pre-ordered hot meals, Shabbos meals and a newly renovated mikvah, all at one address.
A few certified spots
Finland
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Europe · 4 certified places
A community café, a supermarket kosher meat counter, Chabad meals, a 1906 Orthodox shul and Finland's only mikveh, all in central Helsinki.
A few certified spots
France
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Europe · 510 certified places
Europe's biggest kosher scene: hundreds of certified places in Paris, real kosher cities in Marseille, Lyon, Strasbourg and Nice, and a summer kosher Riviera.
Major kosher destination
Georgia
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Middle East · 23 certified places
Khinkali under a hechsher: Chabad, a good choice of certified places and kosher hotels in Tbilisi, plus a kosher Black Sea base in Batumi.
Good in one city
Germany
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Europe · 32 certified places
Kosher restaurants in Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich and Cologne, Chabad in a dozen more cities, and Rashi's Worms an hour from Frankfurt.
Good in one city
Ghana
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Africa · 2 certified places
A warm Chabad house in Accra with a synagogue, mikvah, Shabbos meals, a kosher meal plan and a small kosher store. No restaurants.
A few certified spots
Gibraltar
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Europe · 5 certified places
A 300-year-old Sephardi community under the Rock: four historic shuls five minutes apart, daily minyanim, a meat and a dairy restaurant, and famous hospitality.
Good in one city
Greece
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Europe · 15 certified places
Chabad-run kosher Greece: a real base in Athens, one Chabad restaurant each in Thessaloniki, Rhodes and Crete, and delivered meals for the other islands.
Good in one city
Grenada
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Central America & Caribbean · 3 certified places
The Spice Isle has one kosher address: Chabad in True Blue, by the medical school, with a kosher store, takeout delivered to your hotel and Shabbos meals.
A few certified spots
Guatemala
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Central America & Caribbean · 7 certified places
Chabad kitchens in Guatemala City, Antigua and Lake Atitlán make Guatemala one of the easiest kosher trips in Central America, with mikvaos in two towns.
Good in one city
Hong Kong
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Asia · 9 certified places
Two compact kosher hubs: the JCC, Ohel Leah and an eruv in Mid-Levels, and a glatt Sephardi restaurant and Chabad in Tsim Sha Tsui. Macau is a packed-lunch day trip.
Good in one city
Hungary
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Europe · 20 certified places
Budapest's compact certified kosher quarter inside the Pest eruv, grand synagogues, and the kevarim of Kerestir, Liska and Ujhel in the Tokaj hills.
Good in one city
Iceland
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Europe · 2 certified places
Europe's smallest Jewish community, with a new Chabad-run Jewish centre in Reykjavik: Shabbos meals, a kosher shop, a supermarket kosher list and natural hot-spring mikvah.
A few certified spots
India
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Asia · 15 certified places
Kosher India is Chabad India: year-round kitchens in Mumbai and Delhi, seasonal Chabad houses from Goa to the Himalaya, and synagogues from 1568.
Good in one city
Ireland
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Europe · 3 certified places
A small, warm community in south Dublin: one kosher deli, Chabad Shabbos meals and one Orthodox shul. Elsewhere in Ireland, bring your own food.
A few certified spots
Israel
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Middle East · 1,001 certified places
The world's easiest place to keep kosher: almost everything is certified, Jerusalem has hundreds of options, and the whole country stops for Shabbos.
Major kosher destination
Italy
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Europe · 77 certified places
Kosher Rome's Ghetto, Venice's first ghetto and Florence's great synagogue, with certified food in all four cities. Chabad covers the lakes, Naples and the coast.
Good in several cities
Jamaica
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Central America & Caribbean · 2 certified places
Chabad in Montego Bay runs a kosher falafel spot on the Hip Strip, delivers meals to hotels and villas, and hosts Shabbat meals, a minyan and a mikvah.
A few certified spots
Japan
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Asia · 7 certified places
Kosher Japan runs on Chabad: one Tokyo restaurant, meals delivered nationwide, and warm Shabbos tables in Tokyo, Kyoto and Kobe. Plan ahead and it works.
A few certified spots
Kazakhstan
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Asia · 2 certified places
Chabad in seven cities, a kosher shop and open Shabbos meals in Almaty, and the kever of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's father.
A few certified spots
Kenya
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Africa · 3 certified places
Safari country with one strong kosher base: Chabad in Nairobi's Gigiri, with Shabbos meals, a restaurant by reservation and packed safari meals.
A few certified spots
Latvia
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Europe · 2 certified places
Riga has a Chabad house with a kosher shop and kitchen, two shuls and a mikvah; Jūrmala adds summer Shabbos dinners by the sea.
Good in one city
Lithuania
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Europe · 2 certified places
The Jerusalem of Lithuania: the Vilna Gaon's kever, Chabad Shabbos meals and pre-ordered kosher lunches in Vilnius, and a kosher student centre in Kaunas.
A few certified spots
Mexico
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North America · 136 certified places
Mexico City's big certified kosher scene and Polanco eruv, plus Chabad-run kosher food from Cancún, Playa and Tulum to Cabo.
Major kosher destination
Moldova
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Europe · 1 certified places
One busy Chabad house in Chișinău: a glatt kosher restaurant, Shabbos meals, a synagogue and mikvaos — and hotels a few minutes' walk away.
A few certified spots
Montenegro
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Europe · 3 certified places
Two Chabad houses, three certified restaurants and a beach-resort Shabbos in Budva: kosher Montenegro is small, warm and easy to plan.
Good in one city
Morocco
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Africa · 29 certified places
Mellahs, tzaddikim and a living community: certified kosher food in Casablanca, a small scene in Marrakech, and bring-your-own everywhere else.
Good in one city
Nepal
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Asia · 1 certified places
Chabad's Kathmandu house is the kosher heart of the Himalayas: an Israeli-style meat restaurant, Shabbos meals and the world's biggest Pesach seder.
A few certified spots
Netherlands
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Europe · 17 certified places
Amsterdam's compact kosher scene under one rabbinate, an eruv, the Portuguese Synagogue and Anne Frank House; elsewhere, historic shuls and packed lunches.
Good in one city
New Zealand
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Oceania · 4 certified places
Two kosher bases, Auckland's Kosher Deli and Wellington's community centre, with Chabad Shabbos meals; on the road, everything is self-catering.
A few certified spots
Nicaragua
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Central America & Caribbean · 3 certified places
San Juan del Sur's long-running Chabad has a mehadrin meat restaurant, a dairy café, Shabbos meals and a mikvah, and it supervises a luxury kosher option at Nekupe.
A few certified spots
Nigeria
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Africa · 3 certified places
Chabad houses in Abuja and Lagos, a mikvah and a click-and-collect kosher store. No restaurants: order through Chabad and read the security advice.
A few certified spots
Norway
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Europe · 3 certified places
No kosher restaurant: a community shop open on Wednesdays, a supervised caterer, Chabad Shabbos and an Orthodox shul in Oslo, and a historic shul in Trondheim.
A few certified spots
Panama
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Central America & Caribbean · 90 certified places
Central America's kosher capital: 90 certified places, an eruv and daily minyanim in walkable Paitilla, an hour from the canal and the rainforest.
Major kosher destination
Peru
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South America · 11 certified places
Chabad-run kosher Peru: a full Chabad hub in Lima with meat and dairy restaurants and mikvaos, busy traveller Chabad houses in Cusco and Pisac, and kosher food delivered to the treks.
Good in one city
Philippines
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Asia · 12 certified places
Chabad kosher kitchens in Manila and on five islands, a Sephardi community in Makati and an independent certified restaurant: island-hop with Shabbos at a Chabad house.
Good in one city
Poland
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Europe · 23 certified places
Kivrei tzaddikim and Holocaust memory, with kosher bases in Kraków and Warsaw and a full Hachnasas Orchim at the Rebbe Reb Elimelech's kever in Lizhensk.
Good in one city
Portugal
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Europe · 13 certified places
Small kosher scene, big history: Genesis and Shaaré Tikvá in Lisbon, Chabad in Cascais, Porto's Kadoorie synagogue, and glatt kosher Noah in the Algarve.
A few certified spots
Puerto Rico
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Central America & Caribbean · 3 certified places
One Chabad hub in Isla Verde, one kosher restaurant in San Juan, daily minyan, a mikvah and an eruv: easy US-style kosher beach trips.
Good in one city
Romania
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Europe · 9 certified places
Mehadrin meat and dairy restaurants and Chabad in Bucharest, a kosher mountain hotel in Predeal, and the rebbes' ohel in Sighet.
Good in one city
Russia
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Europe · 26 certified places
Certified kosher food in Moscow and St Petersburg, great synagogues, Chabad Shabbos meals and the graves of three Lubavitcher Rebbes. Governments advise against travel now.
Good in one city
Saint Lucia
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Central America & Caribbean · 3 certified places
Chabad in Rodney Bay delivers kosher meals to your hotel, hosts Shabbos and a Monday barbecue. No kosher restaurants, so order ahead.
A few certified spots
Singapore
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Asia · 4 certified places
A safe, easy Asian stopover with a daily minyan, two certified restaurants, a kosher shop and Shabbos meals, all around one historic synagogue.
Good in one city
Slovakia
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Europe · 2 certified places
The Chasam Sofer's kever in Bratislava, with Chabad's mehadrin catering, Shabbos meals and guest rooms — and no kosher restaurant in the country.
A few certified spots
South Africa
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Africa · 107 certified places
Johannesburg is one of the great kosher cities of the diaspora; Sea Point makes Cape Town easy, and kosher safaris are arranged with Beth Din-listed operators.
Major kosher destination
South Korea
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Asia · 3 certified places
Kosher Korea is Chabad of Korea in Seoul: the country's only kosher restaurant, Shabbat meals, a shul, a mikvah and kosher meals delivered as far as Busan.
A few certified spots
Spain
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Europe · 37 certified places
Sefarad's synagogues and juderías, with kosher bases in Madrid, Barcelona, Marbella and Ibiza and Chabad Shabbos meals across the country.
Good in one city
Sri Lanka
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Asia · 4 certified places
A string of Chabad houses with kosher kitchens, from Colombo to the surf towns of the south and the hills of Ella. Message ahead: some run by season.
A few certified spots
Sweden
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Europe · 8 certified places
No kosher restaurant, but a well-stocked community kosher shop, pre-order caterers, two Orthodox shuls and Chabad Shabbos in Stockholm, plus Chabad in Gothenburg and Malmö.
Good in one city
Switzerland
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Europe · 29 certified places
Zurich's kosher bakery, butcher, supermarkets and eruv, Geneva's community restaurant, and kosher hotels and summer minyanim in Davos, Arosa, St. Moritz and Engelberg.
Good in several cities
Taiwan
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Asia · 5 certified places
Kosher Taiwan is one address in Taipei: Chabad's Jewish Community Center, with the island's only kosher restaurant, Shabbat meals, a shul and a mikvah.
A few certified spots
Tanzania
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Africa · 5 certified places
Three Chabad houses cover the classic trip: Arusha for safari and Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar's Nungwi for the beach, and Dar es Salaam.
A few certified spots
Thailand
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Asia · 44 certified places
Chabad-run kosher Thailand: dozens of certified places, Chabad houses with Shabbos meals, Koh Samui's kosher strip and a kosher hotel in Pattaya.
Good in several cities
Tunisia
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Africa · 5 certified places
Djerba's ancient Jewish quarter has shuls, brik and kosher grills run by the community; Tunis has a Chabad yeshiva and a kosher butcher. Everything else is self-catered.
A few certified spots
Turkey
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Middle East · 17 certified places
Istanbul has one kosher restaurant, glatt caterers that deliver to hotels, Chabad Shabbos meals and daily minyanim; the rest of Turkey means self-catering.
A few certified spots
Uganda
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Africa · 5 certified places
Gorillas, the Nile and one lively kosher base: Chabad in Kampala, with Yochi's Deli, safari catering and big Shabbos tables.
A few certified spots
Ukraine
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Europe · 21 certified places
Community kosher food in Kyiv, Dnipro, Odesa and Uman, and the great kevarim of Chassidus — but a country at war that every government says not to visit.
Good in one city
United Arab Emirates
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Middle East · 13 certified places
Dubai has a compact certified kosher scene, a kosher supermarket and hotel delivery; Abu Dhabi has the Abrahamic Family House synagogue. Check security advice first.
Good in one city
United Kingdom
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Europe · 170 certified places
London and Manchester rank with Europe's best kosher cities: hundreds of certified places, eruvin and minyanim. Beyond them, Chabad and packed food.
Good in several cities
United States
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North America · 1,239 certified places
The world's biggest kosher scene outside Israel: Manhattan steakhouses, Brooklyn bakeries, Queens grills, and walkable Shabbos in dozens of frum neighbourhoods.
Major kosher destination
Uruguay
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South America · 7 certified places
A small, organised community: Chabad's kosher café in Montevideo, a handful of rabbinate-certified cafés and kosher-night restaurants, and a summer scene in Punta del Este.
Good in one city
Uzbekistan
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Asia · 2 certified places
Bukharian Jewish heritage on the Silk Road, with Chabad's mehadrin catering delivered anywhere in the country and a daily minyan in Tashkent.
A few certified spots
Venezuela
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South America · 18 certified places
A small, tight-knit Jewish community in Caracas with supervised restaurants, butchers, shuls and mikvaos, recovering from the June 2026 earthquakes.
Good in one city
Vietnam
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Asia · 6 certified places
Chabad kosher restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Hoi An and Sapa, all under Kosher Vietnam, plus kosher delivery to hotels across the country.
Good in one city
Afghanistan
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Asia
No Jews, no kosher food, and governments say do not travel. The last Jewish resident left in 2021; Dubai is the nearest kosher hub.
Nothing kosher
Albania
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Europe
Chabad in Tirana serves Shabbos meals and kosher food by reservation; elsewhere in Albania there is no kosher food, so bring your own.
Chabad / bring your own
Algeria
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Africa
No working synagogue, no Chabad and no kosher food in a country that once had 140,000 Jews. Bring everything; Tunis and Casablanca are the nearest kosher bases.
Nothing kosher
Andorra
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Europe
A new Chabad house and a small Moroccan-rooted community, but no kosher restaurant or shop. Bring your food, and plan Shabbos with Chabad well ahead.
Chabad / bring your own
Angola
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Africa
A Chabad House in Luanda for business travellers, but no kosher restaurants anywhere. Call Chabad ahead and bring your own food.
Chabad / bring your own
Antigua and Barbuda
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Central America & Caribbean
No Chabad, no community and no certified kosher food on Antigua or Barbuda. Bring everything you need, or base yourself on a nearby island with Chabad.
Nothing kosher
Armenia
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Middle East · 1 certified places
One synagogue in Yerevan with a Chabad-trained chief rabbi, kosher food by arrangement and an online kosher shop, but no kosher restaurant: bring food.
Chabad / bring your own
Bahrain
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Middle East · 1 certified places
The Gulf's only historic Jewish community and synagogue, but no rabbi, no Chabad and no kosher restaurant. Bring your food or plan kosher meals in Dubai.
Chabad / bring your own
Bangladesh
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Asia
No Jewish community, Chabad or kosher food, and Israeli passports are not accepted. Bring sealed food; the nearest Chabad houses are in Kathmandu and Bangkok.
Nothing kosher
Barbados
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Central America & Caribbean · 1 certified places
A Chabad house in Holetown with Shabbat meals and limited takeout, a 1650s synagogue in Bridgetown, and no kosher restaurant: plan to self-cater.
Chabad / bring your own
Belarus
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Europe
Chabad and a small Orthodox community in Minsk, mikvaos in three cities, but no confirmed certified restaurant: bring your food. Governments advise against travel.
Chabad / bring your own
Benin
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Africa
No Chabad, no synagogue and no certified kosher food in Benin. Bring your own food; the nearest Chabad is in Lagos, Nigeria.
Nothing kosher
Bhutan
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Asia
No Jewish community or kosher food. Bhutan welcomes visitors through licensed tours; bring sealed food and plan Shabbos in Kathmandu or New Delhi.
Nothing kosher
Bolivia
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South America · 1 certified places
A backpackers' Chabad House in La Paz and Shabbos tables in Cochabamba, but no certified restaurant you can count on. Confirm before you travel and carry sealed food for Uyuni.
Chabad / bring your own
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Europe
A deep Sephardi history and one working synagogue in Sarajevo, but no Chabad and no certified kosher food: bring everything you eat.
Chabad / bring your own
Botswana
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Africa
World-class safari but no Chabad, no synagogue and no kosher food. Bring everything from Johannesburg or book a kosher safari.
Nothing kosher
Brunei
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Asia
No Jewish community and no kosher food in Brunei. Bring everything, including kiddush wine (declared), and keep Shabbos in Singapore.
Nothing kosher
Burkina Faso
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Africa
The UK advises against all travel to Burkina Faso. There is no Chabad, synagogue or certified kosher food; travellers must bring everything.
Nothing kosher
Burundi
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Africa
No Jewish community, Chabad or kosher food: bring everything you need. The nearest Chabad is in Kigali, Rwanda.
Nothing kosher
Cameroon
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Africa
No Chabad and no certified kosher food in Cameroon. Bring your own food; a small local Jewish community exists but has no services for visitors.
Nothing kosher
Cape Verde
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Africa
No Chabad, synagogue or certified kosher food in Cape Verde, but moving Sephardi heritage: restored 19th-century Jewish cemeteries on three islands. Bring your food.
Nothing kosher
Central African Republic
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Africa
No Chabad, synagogue or kosher food, and the UK advises against all travel outside Bangui. Bring all your food.
Nothing kosher
Chad
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Africa
No Chabad, synagogue or kosher food in Chad, and the UK advises against all but essential travel even to N'Djamena. Bring all your food.
Nothing kosher
Comoros
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Africa
No Jewish community, Chabad or kosher food on the Comoros. Bring all your food; the nearest Chabad houses are in Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam and Mauritius.
Nothing kosher
Cuba
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Central America & Caribbean
Three Havana synagogues, an Orthodox shul with a free Shabbat table and a mikvah, but no kosher restaurant or shop for visitors and severe shortages: bring your food.
Chabad / bring your own
DR Congo
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Africa · 1 certified places
Kinshasa is home to Chabad of Central Africa: a shul, a mikvah and kosher meat by order. No kosher restaurant; plan meals with the rabbi.
Chabad / bring your own
Djibouti
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Africa
No Chabad, minyan or kosher food in Djibouti. The old grand synagogue's façade still stands in the city centre. Bring all your food; Addis Ababa's Chabad is the nearest.
Nothing kosher
Dominica
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Central America & Caribbean
The Caribbean's nature island has no Chabad, no community and no certified kosher food. Bring everything and plan a self-catered trip.
Nothing kosher
Egypt
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Africa
Pyramids, the Nile and ancient synagogues, but no kosher restaurant, no Chabad and only a handful of elderly Jews. Bring every meal.
Nothing kosher
Equatorial Guinea
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Africa
No Chabad, synagogue or kosher food in Equatorial Guinea. Bring all your food; the nearest Chabad houses are in Nigeria.
Nothing kosher
Eritrea
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Africa
No kosher food or minyan, but Asmara keeps its 1906 synagogue and Jewish cemetery, cared for by the country's last Jew. Bring all your food.
Nothing kosher
Eswatini
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Africa
A small kingdom with a tiny Jewish community but no synagogue, no Chabad and no kosher food. Bring everything from Johannesburg or Durban.
Nothing kosher
Ethiopia
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Africa · 1 certified places
Addis Ababa has a Chabad house with kosher food and Shabbos meals, plus a shul inside the airport; elsewhere, bring your own.
Chabad / bring your own
Fiji
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Oceania
No Chabad, no shul and no kosher food in Fiji: bring sealed supplies, ask your rav about the dateline, and use Auckland or Sydney as your kosher hub.
Nothing kosher
Gabon
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Africa
No Chabad, synagogue or kosher food in Gabon. Bring all your food; the nearest Chabad houses are in Kinshasa and Nigeria.
Nothing kosher
Gambia
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Africa
No synagogue, Chabad house or certified kosher food in The Gambia. A beach holiday here means bringing all your own food.
Nothing kosher
Guinea
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Africa
No Chabad, no synagogue and no certified kosher food in Guinea. Bring all your food; the nearest Chabad is in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
Nothing kosher
Guinea-Bissau
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Africa
No synagogue, Chabad house or certified kosher food in Guinea-Bissau. Bring all your food; the nearest Chabad is in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
Nothing kosher
Guyana
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South America
No kosher restaurant or shop, but a small Chabad-led community in Georgetown will welcome you for Shabbat if you message ahead. Bring your own food.
Chabad / bring your own
Haiti
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Central America & Caribbean
No kosher food, synagogue or rabbi, and the US advises against all travel. The nearest kosher base is Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.
Nothing kosher
Honduras
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Central America & Caribbean · 1 certified places
A new Chabad House on Roatán cooks kosher food and hosts Shabbos; the mainland has small communities but nothing kosher for travellers. Bring food.
Chabad / bring your own
Indonesia
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Asia
No kosher restaurant anywhere: Chabad Bali in Seminyak does Shabbos meals and food by order, and Tondano has an Orthodox shul. Bring the rest.
Chabad / bring your own
Iran
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Asia
One of the world's oldest Jewish communities, with shuls, mikvaos and kosher food for locals, and the kever of Esther and Mordechai. The US and UK say do not travel.
Chabad / bring your own
Iraq
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Middle East
The kevarim of Yechezkel, Ezra and Nahum and the roots of Bavel, but only a few Jews left and no kosher food. The US says do not travel.
Nothing kosher
Jordan
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Middle East
Petra, Wadi Rum and the Dead Sea with no kosher food, no community and no Chabad. Bring everything; Eilat's kosher restaurants are just over the border from Aqaba.
Nothing kosher
Kiribati
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Oceania
No Jewish community or kosher food in Kiribati, strict food quarantine, and a hard dateline question: plan with your rav and travel fully self-sufficient.
Nothing kosher
Kuwait
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Middle East
No Jewish community, no Chabad and no kosher food; Israeli passport holders cannot enter. Bring everything, or base yourself in Dubai.
Nothing kosher
Kyrgyzstan
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Asia
A Chabad rabbi and one synagogue with a daily minyan in Bishkek, but no kosher restaurants or kosher-marked products: bring your food.
Chabad / bring your own
Laos
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Asia
No kosher food, synagogue or Chabad in Laos since June 2026. Bring sealed food and spend Shabbos in Chiang Mai or Hanoi.
Nothing kosher
Lebanon
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Middle East
About 20 Jews, a restored but silent synagogue in Beirut and no kosher food. The US says do not travel; Cyprus is the nearest kosher base.
Nothing kosher
Lesotho
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Africa
A mountain kingdom with no synagogue, no Chabad and no kosher food. Bring everything from Johannesburg or Durban.
Nothing kosher
Liberia
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Africa
No synagogue, Chabad house or certified kosher food in Liberia. Bring all your food; the nearest Chabad is in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
Nothing kosher
Libya
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Africa
No Jews have lived in Libya since 2004 and there is no kosher food. Two Jewish visitors were detained in 2025 for praying in a Tripoli synagogue.
Nothing kosher
Liechtenstein
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Europe
No synagogue, no Chabad and no kosher food. Bring your own, or visit as a day trip from Zurich or the kosher hotels of Davos and Arosa.
Nothing kosher
Luxembourg
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Europe · 2 certified places
No kosher restaurant, but an Orthodox synagogue, a mikvah, and a Chabad house that sells kosher products and takes meal orders. Plan to self-cater.
Chabad / bring your own
Madagascar
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Africa
Lemurs and baobabs, a small new Jewish community near the capital, and no kosher food for travellers: bring your own.
Nothing kosher
Malawi
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Africa
No Jewish community, no Chabad and no kosher food. Bring everything, and use Lusaka or Johannesburg as your kosher base.
Nothing kosher
Malaysia
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Asia
No Chabad, no synagogue and no kosher food: bring everything, or base yourself in Singapore. Israeli passports are generally refused.
Nothing kosher
Maldives
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Asia
No Chabad, no kosher food, and Israeli passports are refused. Holders of other passports bring sealed food and plan a quiet, self-catered Shabbos.
Nothing kosher
Mali
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Africa
The UK advises against all travel to Mali. There is no Chabad, synagogue or certified kosher food; Timbuktu's Jewish history cannot be visited safely.
Nothing kosher
Malta
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Europe · 1 certified places
No kosher restaurant right now, but Chabad in Sliema sells packed Shabbos food and some kosher products, and there is a Shabbos-morning minyan in Ta' Xbiex.
Chabad / bring your own
Marshall Islands
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Oceania
No Jewish community or kosher food in the Marshall Islands: bring everything from Honolulu or Brisbane, plan around twice-weekly flights, and ask your rav about the dateline.
Nothing kosher
Mauritania
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Africa
No Jewish life and no kosher food in Mauritania, and Israel tells its citizens to avoid all travel here. If you go, bring every meal and keep a low profile.
Nothing kosher
Mauritius
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Africa · 1 certified places
Beach island with a Chabad house in Grand Baie for Shabbos and kosher meals to order, and a powerful Holocaust-era memorial.
A few certified spots
Micronesia
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Oceania
No Jewish community or kosher food anywhere in the Federated States of Micronesia: bring everything via Honolulu or Guam and ask your rav about the dateline.
Nothing kosher
Monaco
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Europe · 3 certified places
No kosher restaurant or shop, but an active shul and Chabad, two mikvaos, Shabbos meals to order and kosher aisles in three supermarkets. Nice's kosher restaurants are a short train ride away.
A few certified spots
Mongolia
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Asia
No kosher food, synagogue or Chabad house in Mongolia: bring everything you eat. The nearest kosher kitchens are in Beijing and Seoul.
Nothing kosher
Mozambique
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Africa
A century-old synagogue in Maputo and beautiful beaches, but no Chabad and no kosher food. Bring everything from Johannesburg.
Chabad / bring your own
Myanmar
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Asia
No kosher food and no Chabad since the Yangon Chabad house closed; one historic synagogue. The US says do not travel. Bangkok is the nearest kosher base.
Nothing kosher
Namibia
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Africa · 1 certified places
No kosher restaurants, but an active Chabad House in Windhoek that hosts Shabbos and delivers kosher meals and safari lunch boxes across the country.
A few certified spots
Nauru
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Oceania
No Jewish community or kosher food on Nauru, a firm friend of Israel: bring everything and cash from Brisbane, arrange your visa first, and ask your rav about the dateline.
Nothing kosher
Niger
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Africa
No Chabad, no community and no certified kosher food in Niger, and the UK advises against all travel. If you must go, bring every meal with you.
Nothing kosher
North Korea
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Asia
No Jewish community and no kosher food in North Korea. US passports are invalid for travel there, and the UK advises against all but essential travel.
Nothing kosher
North Macedonia
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Europe
A powerful Holocaust memorial and an old Sephardi story, but no Chabad and no kosher food. Bring your own, or base yourself in Thessaloniki.
Chabad / bring your own
Oman
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Middle East
Mountains, wadis and desert with no Jewish community, no Chabad and no kosher food. Self-cater completely; Dubai is the nearest kosher hub.
Nothing kosher
Pakistan
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Asia
No Jewish community or kosher food, and Israel's security council says avoid the country. Bring sealed food; Dubai is the nearest kosher hub.
Nothing kosher
Palau
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Oceania
World-class diving but no Jewish community or kosher food in Palau: bring everything from Manila, Taipei or Tokyo and ask your rav about the dateline.
Nothing kosher
Papua New Guinea
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Oceania
No Jewish community, Chabad or kosher food in Papua New Guinea: travel fully self-sufficient, mind the security advice, and ask your rav about the dateline.
Nothing kosher
Paraguay
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South America
A small community in Asunción with an active Chabad house and mikvah, but no kosher restaurant: arrange food with Chabad and bring what you need.
Chabad / bring your own
Qatar
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Middle East
No Jewish community, no Chabad and no kosher food in Qatar, and Israel rates it Level 4. Most kosher travellers only change planes in Doha.
Nothing kosher
Republic of the Congo
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Africa
No Chabad or kosher food in the Republic of the Congo. Kinshasa's Chabad is just across the river, in another country; bring your own food.
Nothing kosher
Rwanda
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Africa · 1 certified places
Gorillas and a moving memorial; one Chabad house in Kigali for Shabbos and kosher food — book ahead.
Chabad / bring your own
Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Central America & Caribbean
No Chabad and no kosher food, but Nevis holds one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the Caribbean. Bring all your food.
Nothing kosher
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Central America & Caribbean
No Chabad and no kosher food anywhere in the islands, and bringing food in needs an import licence. Plan carefully; Chabad of St. Lucia is the nearest help.
Nothing kosher
Samoa
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Oceania
No Jewish community or kosher food in Samoa, and a real Shabbos question since it jumped the date line in 2011: ask your rav, self-cater, and stock up in Auckland.
Nothing kosher
San Marino
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Europe
No synagogue, no Chabad and no kosher food. Visit for a day with your own food; Florence and Bologna are the nearest kosher bases.
Nothing kosher
Saudi Arabia
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Middle East
No synagogue, Chabad house or certified kosher restaurant. A private Jewish centre in Riyadh sells kosher meals by order. Check travel advice first: airports are under attack.
Chabad / bring your own
Senegal
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Africa
No Chabad, no synagogue and no certified kosher food in Senegal. Bring your own food and plan a private Shabbos.
Nothing kosher
Serbia
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Europe · 1 certified places
One Chabad house in Belgrade with Shabbos meals, sandwiches by order and a mikvah — no kosher shops or restaurants anywhere in Serbia.
Chabad / bring your own
Seychelles
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Africa
Dream beaches but no Chabad, synagogue or certified kosher food: pack sealed meals and pick kosher-symbol goods in supermarkets.
Nothing kosher
Sierra Leone
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Africa
No synagogue, Chabad house or certified kosher food in Sierra Leone; Chabad of Central Africa visits Freetown from time to time. Bring all your food.
Nothing kosher
Slovenia
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Europe
No kosher food, no Chabad house and no regular minyan — bring your own, and base Shabbos in Zagreb, Trieste, Venice or Vienna.
Nothing kosher
Solomon Islands
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Oceania
No Jewish community or kosher food in the Solomon Islands: bring everything from Brisbane, take care in Honiara and ask your rav about the dateline.
Nothing kosher
Somalia
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Africa
The UK advises against all travel to Somalia outside three Somaliland regions. There is no Jewish community or kosher food; the nearest Chabad houses are in Nairobi and Addis Ababa.
Nothing kosher
South Sudan
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Africa
The UK advises against all travel to South Sudan. There is no Jewish community, Chabad or kosher food; the nearest Chabad is in Kampala.
Nothing kosher
Sudan
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Africa
The UK advises against all travel to Sudan because of the war. There is no Jewish community or kosher food, and a passport with Israeli stamps is refused entry.
Nothing kosher
Suriname
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South America
One of the oldest Jewish communities in the Americas, with a sand-floored synagogue and the Jodensavanne ruins, but no kosher food. Bring everything you will eat.
Chabad / bring your own
Syria
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Middle East
About six elderly Jews, ruined and padlocked synagogues, and the kever of Rabbi Chaim Vital, but no kosher food. The UK and US advise against all travel.
Nothing kosher
São Tomé and Príncipe
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Africa
No Jewish community or kosher food today, but a moving history: Jewish children were deported here from Portugal in 1496. Bring all your food.
Nothing kosher
Tajikistan
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Asia
One small synagogue in Dushanbe, no rabbi and no kosher food: come fully self-catered.
Nothing kosher
Timor-Leste
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Asia
No Jewish community and no kosher food in Timor-Leste. Bring everything; Chabad Bali is a short flight away for Shabbos.
Nothing kosher
Togo
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Africa
No Chabad, no synagogue and no certified kosher food in Togo. Bring your own food; the nearest Chabad is in Accra, Ghana.
Nothing kosher
Tonga
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Oceania
No Jewish community or kosher food in Tonga, and a dateline question over Shabbos: bring everything from Auckland and ask your rav before you go.
Nothing kosher
Trinidad and Tobago
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Central America & Caribbean
No kosher food, synagogue or rabbi: a tiny lay-led community and a story of "Calypso Jews". Bring all your food; the nearest Chabad houses are on Grenada and Barbados.
Nothing kosher
Turkmenistan
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Asia
No synagogue, rabbi or kosher food. Strictly self-catered travel.
Nothing kosher
Tuvalu
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Oceania
No Jewish community or kosher food in Tuvalu: bring everything (and cash), fly in and out from Fiji midweek, and ask your rav about the dateline.
Nothing kosher
Vanuatu
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Oceania
No Jewish community or kosher food in Vanuatu: bring everything from Brisbane or Sydney, plan a self-catered Shabbos and ask your rav about the dateline.
Nothing kosher
Vatican City
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Europe
Nothing kosher inside the Vatican, but Rome's kosher Jewish quarter is about 3 km away. Visit for a few hours and eat in the Ghetto.
Nothing kosher
Yemen
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Middle East
Once home to a great Jewish community; today one to a few Jews remain and there is no kosher food. War zone: the US, UK and Israel all say do not go.
Nothing kosher
Zambia
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Africa · 2 certified places
A young Chabad House in Lusaka with Shabbos meals, take-out and a kosher market. Victoria Falls and the parks are self-catering.
A few certified spots
Zimbabwe
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Africa
Victoria Falls and historic shuls in Harare and Bulawayo, but no Chabad and no kosher food. Bring everything from Johannesburg.
Chabad / bring your own
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