Jamie Geller's quest for Jerusalem's perfect cheesecake in time for Shavuot

(JNS) - On May 19, two weeks before the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, celebrity chef and cookbook author Jamie Geller, who now serves as the spokesperson and chief communications officer of the Jewish educational organization, Aish, set out with her team - including the writer of this article - to taste and rate some of the best cheesecakes in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem has a plethora of bakeries, each with its unique style of cheesecake presentation. "We aimed to sample as wide a variety of different kinds of cheesecakes as we could in one morning," said Geller, who helps curate Jewlish, a Jewish food...