“I thought about what I 
would need in a vacation and 
traveling with a large group,
” 
Klein says, noting that most 
of his clients travel in sizable 
groups of 20-45 people. “I 
tried to create a one-stop shop 
for a kosher traveler without 
having to compromise or miss 
on any aspect of their vaca-
tion.
”
Klein’s Rentals can help with 
all elements of vacation plan-
ning, including finding a vaca-
tion villa house to rent. The 
business, which serves 1,200 
families nationwide each year 
(roughly 10,000 individuals), 
also partners with different 
synagogues and local rabbis 
in various cities to help set up 
kosher items in rental homes 
for families.

“
A newer service we recently 
added a few months ago is 
kosher personal shopping,
” 
Klein says. Right now, the 
business’ main target area is 
Orlando, Fla., which Klein 
explains is quickly becoming 
the No. 1 Jewish travel destina-
tion in the country.
“Kosher food in Orlando is 
very limited,
” he adds. “When 
we started kosher personal 
shopping, customers simply 
provide us with the kosher 
groceries or items they need, 
and we’ll go out and shop for 
them, stocking their fridge and 
their house with everything 
they need.
”
That way, when customers 
arrive, they can “focus on their 
family and their vacation and 
have a great time,
” Klein con-
tinues.

SERVING CUSTOMERS 
NATIONWIDE
Outside of Orlando, Klein’s 
Rentals works with clients 
traveling to New York, New 
Jersey, California, Miami and 
even Up North Michigan, like 
Mackinac Island. All rental 
items are stored in a large 
warehouse full of thousands of 
products that clients can use 
for their full kosher vacation 
experience. 
Now, Klein is gearing up for 
the busiest travel period of the 
year — Passover. “We expect 
to help thousands of people 
for Passover,
” he says.
“I would love it when you 
think of planning a kosher 
vacation, that anybody in the 
country automatically thinks 
of Klein’s Rentals,
” he says.

He even hopes to one day 
potentially branch his busi-
ness out to Israel, a major 
destination spot for the Jewish 
community. “We have a lot of 
customers that ask us about 
helping them in Israel,
” Klein 
adds, in addition to requests 
for vacations in Greece. “That’s 
definitely a goal for us.
”
In the meantime, however, 
as he builds his dream busi-
ness, Klein continues to give 
back to those in need.
“I was raised to always work 
hard to create opportunities 
for myself and for my family,
” 
Klein says, who also supports 
Yad Ezra, Oak Park EZ-Roll 
and mentors young Jewish 
entrepreneurs in the area. “I 
was raised to help others and 
to give back, to help them be 
successful in what they do.
” 

“I WAS RAISED TO ALWAYS WORK 
HARD TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES 
FOR MYSELF AND FOR MY FAMILY.”

— SRULI KLEIN
T

hree Michigan State 
University students, 
Jared Pazner of Franklin, 
Darren Hollander of Farmington 
Hills, and Tamara Hyman of 
Satellite Beach, Florida, are 
on the Chabad on Campus 
Alternative Spring break 
LivingLinks trip. 
LivingLinks is an educational 
and inspirational student trip to 
Poland. According to its website, 
“the weeklong journey travers-
es through cemeteries, death 
camps, ghettos and other vestig-
es of Jewish life and loss across 
Poland.
” 
On March 8, the students 
were in Lublin, Poland, where 
the Jewish community is work-
ing at a Ukrainian refugee cen-
ter, providing clothing, food and 
other necessities for thousands 
of fleeing Ukrainians. 
While the students were 
speaking with some of the vol-
unteers, they learned the center 
was out of food.
The students wanted to 
help. They pooled together 
funds by posting on social media 
and asking friends and family, 

and then went off to the grocery 
store. 
Rabbi Benzion Shemtov, 
co-director of the Chabad 
Student Center at MSU, received 
a direct text from the students 
along with the photo: “We just 
left a refugee center. They were 
out of food, so we are getting 
more.
”
The students were able to 
fill several grocery carts with 
food they brought back to the 
center. 

Back at the Ukrainian refugee center: the students, volunteers 
and refugees.

Students saw Ukrainian refugees 
in need of food, so they went 
grocery shopping.

MSU Students in Poland 
Moved to Action

JN STAFF

MSU students Jared Pazner, 
Darren Hollander and Tamara 
Hyman load up grocery carts with 
food for Ukrainian refugees.

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