Not even antisemitism and boycott calls since October 7 have managed to stop Israeli chefs in the United States. If anything, many of them are proving that good food can overcome even the loudest pro-Palestinian protests. The most prominent Israeli restaurants are making no attempt to hide. They openly advertise what they are, often with Hebrew or distinctly Israeli names such as Miznon, Malka, Shmoné, Or’esh, Motek, Carmel and the Yiddish Balaboosta.
If Israeli chefs have learned anything since the outbreak of the war, it is that there are still plenty of American diners, including quite a few celebrities, who are not especially concerned with what Mark Ruffalo or Javier Bardem thinks about Israel and have no problem eating at a restaurant whose chef might be considered a Zionist. As long as the food is good and the critics praise it, they will come. And to the critics’ credit, most do not rush to bring politics onto the plate.
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