Thursday, December 10, 2009

Inside Bangkoks Chabad house



CNN

Free Internet, free dinner with red wine on Friday nights and help arranging a hotel in Thailand are some of the delights available in Bangkok’s Chabad House near the backpacker-thronged neighborhood of Khao San Road.

But first, the hosts want to know if you are Jewish.

A stout Israeli security guard will demand to examine your passport -- "do you have an Israeli visa?" -- scoff at any plastic identification you may offer and interrogate you in English and Hebrew.[...]

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