Yotam Ottolenghi: 'Now we're walking in the steps of Jesus Christ.'ĪB: 'Jesus was here, I feel like I should be more. This is Jerusalem.'Ĩ: On Via Dolorosa, the 'last trip Jesus did before he was crucified': Then you see the young draftees on the streets, and you start to get the idea. I know that.'ħ: On his first look around: 'It's like everybody says: it's pretty, it's awesome, it's urban, sophisticated, hip.

Certainty is my enemy, you know, I'm all about doubt, questioning oneself in the nature of reality, constantly.'Ħ: On being Jewish, kind of: 'Just because I was raised outside the faith with no particular attachment or loyalty to Israel doesn't mean that plenty of people on this earth don't hate me in principle. These guys sandbagging me into Wailing Wall? They don't seem to think so either.'ĥ: On feeling like he's 'masquerading as something he's not': 'I'm instinctively hostile to any kind of devotion. But that doesn't make me any less Jewish, I don't think. So here goes nothing.'Ĥ: On half of his family being Jewish: 'I've never been in a synagogue. And there's no hope, none, of ever talking about it without pissing somebody, if not everybody, off.'Ģ: On things that are contentious: 'Where does falafel come from? Who makes the best hummus? Is it a fence or a wall?'ģ: On being in Israel: 'By the end of this hour, I'll be seen by many as a terrorist sympathizer, a Zionist tool, a self-hating Jew, an apologist for American imperialism, an Orientalist, socialist, fascist, CIA agent, and worse.

And now, on to The Quotable Bourdain- feel free to add your picks in the comments below.ġ: On Israel: 'It's easily the most contentious piece of real estate in the world. He ate falafel, salmon marinated in pomegranate juice, grilled zucchini with fried yogurt sauce, fire-roasted watermelons, and much more. In the episode - his very first visit to Israel - host Anthony Bourdain went the Western Wall and the Old City, talked with a member of Palestine's all-women racing team, hung out with London chef/ cookbook phenom Yotam Ottolenghi, visited the West Bank, an Aida refugee camp, Gaza, and, of course, ate at local restaurants. Parts Unknown picked up a couple Emmys last night, but the CNN show also aired its season two premiere, set in Jerusalem, Gaza, and the West Bank.

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