After eating pizza four times a week last semester, Hannah Azachi, sophomore nursing major, drove home twice a week to prep meals to bring back to campus.
Azachi, who would like to be loyal to her kosher food tradition, finds few options at NSU that cater to her diet.
The closest to it, she said, would be Einstein Bros. Bagels and Starbucks.
“I always had to think about where my next meal was coming from. I would have to think of my entire week in advance,” said Azachi. “What am I going to eat every single night? How am I going to cook that?”
But this semester, she found a solution to her food needs.
About 10 minutes away from campus, there is a wide variety of kosher restaurants that have become the food source for the Jewish community on campus.
Azachi’s favorite place is China Bistro, a Chinese kosher restaurant. The menu offers Pad Thai, kung pao chicken and wonton soup. More than just Chinese food, the restaurant also provides sushi and poke bowls.
Like Azachi, Linore Greenberg, freshman communication science and disorders major, doesn’t follow all kosher regulations, but she still would like to eat a meal that caters to her kosher traditions.
She found an option at West End Deli, the cafe located in the Alvin Sherman Library, that offers a veggie sandwich that meets kosher regulations.
“I eat at most places on campus, but I have to make sure I’m not mixing the foods I can’t eat,” said Greenberg. “The majority of the time I eat at the café in the library and acai bowls from Fresh Corner.”
For Ofek Gur, freshman nursing major, snacks have become her only option on campus.
Gur frequently goes to Aroma Market in Cooper city to find prepared foods and a wide selection of fresh sushi. She considers the market to be beneficial to students who have a kitchen on campus.
“I go a lot to Aroma Market, they have prepared food, pizza, sushi and everything, which is helpful for people who have a kitchen on campus,” Gur said. “They can go buy kosher food, and then cook it.”
Located on Sterling Road, Aroma Market provides a variety of kosher products ranging from groceries, prepared foods and desserts. The market additionally offers a sushi station, bakery and juice bar.
Yet, for Yuval Teren, freshman psychology major, it takes a little longer to find the familiar taste that reminds him of home, he said. He drives 13 minutes to Pita Plus to enjoy the ambience and food.
Pita Plus is a Middle Eastern kosher restaurant in Dania Beach that offers authentic Mediterranean food, such as falafel, kebab and chicken shish kebab. Hamburgers, hot dogs and french fries are also on the menu.
“I like the place because it’s tasty and also reminds me a little bit of Israel,” said Teren.
Yosef Nahon, junior computer science major, who eats kosher, faces an additional challenge finding places to go with friends who don’t share the same dietary needs. He recommends a place that can cater to both him and his friends.
Nahon suggests Cold Stone Creamery, a place where he can find inclusivity. While Cold Stone is not a kosher restaurant, most of the ingredients used for the ice cream mix are kosher. Animal based ingredients are not used.
“I now have these instances where, if you want to go get ice cream, we can go to Cold Stone,” said Nahon, IT developer for Student Media. “It can cater to both your Jewish friends and non-Jewish friends at the same time.”
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