Rabbi Eli Chitrik distributes kosher pastries to Jewish fans at the World Cup in Qatar – and shows that football may still be capable of what it was always celebrated for: uniting people.
Each morning of this World Cup, between 6 and 7 a.m., Rabbi Eli Chitrik leaves the “Grand Lux Hotel” on Doha’s eight-lane Jawaan Street and drives to the airport. There he goes into a kitchen of the state airline Qatar Airways, examines the vegetables and ignites the flames. He makes sure that everything happens exactly as it is supposed to.