i was in Jerusalem for a holiday Needing my cuppa of java i wandered into a cafe and was served by a male barista. I found it odd that there were no female Baristas so i made it a point to keep a lookout for them across the holy land. From Starbucks to coffee club, from hipster cafes to neighborhood coffeehouses, not a female barista could be found. Perplexed by this, i finally asked the Jewish barista at the starbucks at the airport when i was about to leave. He thought about it for a moment, shrugged his shoulders and said simply: Hebrews.