S
ince he was just 14 years old, Sruli
(Michael) Klein has made it a mis-
sion to help people. The CEO and
founder of Klein’s Rentals, a resource that
assists Jewish families in cre-
ating a full kosher vacation
experience, launched his first
business in high school — a
landscaping company.
Before he was 15 and
able to legally drive, Klein,
now 26, hired two full-time
employees. Later, he started a property
restoration company to help people recov-
er from disaster damage.
That idea of giving back has always
been at the forefront of Klein’s business
ventures. When he noticed a gap in
services that help the Jewish communi-
ty have a full kosher vacation — a not
always-easy endeavor — he realized there
was an opportunity to create a business
that specifically catered to this under-
served need.
“Throughout COVID, I noticed every-
body was in lockdown and eager to travel
again,” Klein recalls of how the Oak Park-
headquartered business was born. “But
even before that, I noticed when growing
up with my family and going on vacation,
and being a kosher Orthodox Jew, having
a kosher vacation was very limiting.”
TAKING AWAY THE STRESS
FROM VACATION PLANNING
Klein explains that it’s often difficult for
Jews who keep kosher to find kosher food
outside of big cities and especially in areas
without sizable Jewish populations.
“Even separate from food, there are
things like being able to rent kosher cook-
ing items or kosher plates — simple stuff
like that can be a hassle on vacation,” he
says.
Klein’s Rentals aims to take away the
stress of securing everything necessary for
a full kosher vacation experience, from
freezers to barbecues to even basketball
hoops and baby cribs.
Meet Sruli Klein
36 | MARCH 17 • 2022
For thousands of Jewish customers,
his service helps provide full kosher
travel experience.
ASHLEY ZLATOPOLSKY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
LEFT: A luxury
home available
for rental.
RIGHT: A
sukkah Klein’s
Rentals put up
COURTESY OF SRULI KLEIN
Sruli Klein
A collage of Klein’s Rentals’ most popular items.
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