KEEPING IT KOSHER

AVENTURIST

KEEPING KOSHER High Holy Days AND HOLIDAYS

THREE MAGIC CITY STAYS TO MAKE ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR MEANINGFUL, MEMORABLE, AND TOTALLY TRADITIONAL

BY KRISTEN DESMOND LEFEVRE

1. ALTAIR BAY HARBOR HOTEL

Join The Altair Hotel Bay Harbor for a special Rosh Hashanah experience featuring delicious culinary offerings, entertaining youth programming, and inspiring lectures by a renowned Baal Tefillah.

Looking for kosher hotel amenities all year-round? Look no further than The Altair’s Kosher Concierge, which ensures you never have to sacrifice tradition for luxury. Hotel guests observing Shabbat have access to kosher Shabbos dining options—including Shabbat Friday dinners at OVO, a kosher breakfast buffet, private in-room kosher meals, beachside kosher picnic offerings, and in-room kitchens and minibars fully stocked with kosher products upon request.

Beyond gourmet kosher food, The Altair offers observant guests daily Minyan, Shabbos elevators, Shabbos-friendly hard room keys, a Shabbos candle-lighting ceremony, and designated swimming hours for men and women at the rooftop pool, plus lamps, hot plates, and water urns for guest use. (thealtairhotel.com)

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2. JW MARRIOTT MIAMI TURNBERRY RESORT & SPA

Aventura’s own JW Marriott Turnberry will host a Kosher Holiday Resort program, which has proven so popular, it’s now in its twenty-eighth year. It features religious services catering to the Ashkenaz, Chabad, and Sefardic communities, plus renowned cantors, scholarly lectures, glatt kosher cuisine, and youth activities. (kosherholidayresort.com)

Clockwise from above: The Altair Hotel Bay Harbor; a Shabbat Friday dinner at Ovo; Trump national doral Miami; JW Marriott turnberry resort & Spa.

3. TRUMP NATIONAL DORAL MIAMI

With Sepharad and Chabad-Lubavitch minyan lead by Chazzan Shalom Fedida and Chazzan Achiad Hodefi and gourmet meals by Neptune’s Glatt Kosher Catering, the all-inclusive Florida Kosher Vacations programming at Trump National Doral Miami is sure to inspire. Lectures are punctuated by a barbecue, plus a kids’ club with kosher activities. (floridakoshervacation.com)

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