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People Needed It. Emmanuel Knoll, 46, who is co-manager of the Deborah with his brother Phebus, estimates that his operating costs are 20% higher than those of Tel Aviv's other hotels, but he does have some compensations. The Deborah is so well regarded by Israel's Orthodox community that the rooms have been solidly booked since it opened last March; in fact, Knoll plans to build another kosher hotel in Jerusalem, toys with the thought of one in New York. But he says that he is "not out to make a business of this hotel. I put it up because I felt that religious people needed it."