Keren Kadosh – World Changer from Jerusalem

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Keren Kadosh

Pastry Chef & Co-owner, Café Kadosh, Jerusalem

Runs Café Kadosh, one of Jerusalem's best-loved cafés, together with her husband Itzik Kadosh.
The café was founded in 1967 by Meir Kadosh, Itzik's father, just days before the Six-Day War.
Meir had trained at the famed Demel pastry house in Vienna and was head pastry chef at a large Jerusalem bakery.
Keren and Itzik took over the family business and today run both the main kitchen and the pastry kitchen upstairs.
She brings nearly thirty years of culinary work in Jerusalem.
The café sits at 6 Queen Shlomziyon Street, in the heart of the city.
It serves a kosher dairy menu, with pasta, bread and pastries all made in-house.
Known for Austro-Hungarian pastries and for its babka, baked each week for Shabbat.
About 20 tables on two floors serve around 900 guests a day, with a team of some 60 people.
Was voted number one in the Jerusalem Post's list of the coziest coffee shops.
She describes Kadosh as a warm, crowded, homey place.
Was invited to the Jerusalem Theatre's "Jerusalem of Flavors" series to share how a city-center spot became a national institution.
She keeps a nearly 60-year Jerusalem tradition alive – a family table the whole city sits at.

From the vision of Isaiah · Isaiah 55:1

“Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters… yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”

הוֹי כָּל צָמֵא לְכוּ לַמַּיִם… וּלְכוּ שִׁבְרוּ בְּלוֹא כֶסֶף וּבְלוֹא מְחִיר יַיִן וְחָלָב.

An open invitation to the table, in the language of milk and sweetness – the spirit of a Jerusalem café.

Support & connect: Café Kadosh – iTravelJerusalem · Café Kadosh – Time Out

Verse in English from the King James Version. Facts compiled from public sources, October 2026.