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.

NEXT DOR
VOICE OF THE NEW 
JEWISH GENERATION

