Crown Heights Jews Celebrate “Caribbean Pride Day” with “Jew-maican” Kosher Jerk Chicken
Culture • 9/07/10 3:11:18 pm • Views: 366
From the sweet-scented smoke arose a cry, “It’s Jew-maican!”
The chicken in question was being cooked in the classic style on a big, smoky grill fashioned from a steel drum. But the guy with the tongs wore a yarmulke and looked like typical member of the Jewish community in Crown Heights, unless you counted the T-shirt dyed in the black, green and yellow of the Jamaican flag and the apron stenciled with “Jerk Hall of Fame.”