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kosher for Passover bakeries and pizza
restaurants. I even found myself, for
the first time ever, inside a Kentucky
Fried Chicken, where I sampled the
Colonel's special Passover chicken
recipe.
One difficulty we did encounter:
with a large Sephardi population in
Israel, Sephardi customs largely deter-
mine what is sold. Just because a
restaurant or a shop is kosher for
Passover, it doesn't mean that they
won't sell foods that most Americans
consider chametz.
At one certified kosher restaurant,
we found ourselves looking at a rice-
and-bean salad on our plates. This
problem, so often discussed in Israel,
has been given the title, "the fifth
question."
The newspapers were filled with
Passover news, like where to attend a
seder and how the soldiers keep
kosher for the holiday. These were
interspersed with important world
news-items, like the bankruptcy of
Japan's leading shoe retailer and a full-
color story on Tiger Stadium's final
opening day.
We found we were among 500,000
travelers who passed through Ben-
Gurion Airport during the holiday peri-
od. But the country made accommoda-
tions. El Al kashered the galleys in 80
aircraft with the help of dozens of yeshi-
va students and special shuttle buses ran
between Jaffa Gate and the Kotel.
Leaving Israel after Passover, we
found that for our airline the holiday
wasn't quire over. Our kosher meals
were highlighted with two pieces of
matzah.
Even in my local Kroger, a few
jars of gefilte fish and a shelf-full of
Rocky Road macaroons remained. I
thought about the supermarket
where we had shopped the Friday
before while preparing Shabbat din-
ner for our daughter and her
friends. There, not only was every-
thing kosher, but it was kosher for
Passover.
But here, I found myself staring at
a small display of empty, matzah-sized
commemorative tins, each imprinted
with a picture of the Old City and the
pledge, "Next Year in Jerusalem."
The words of my Aunt Shane's Israeli
rabbi rang in my ears. When asked
what should Israelis say when reach-
ing that page in the Hagaddah, he
answered that they should announce,
"May all of those who were unable to
be with us this year, be fortunate
enough to join us, next year in
Jerusalem.-