By Houda Nonoo Over the past year, we have seen successful collaboration in business, healthcare, travel, tourism and social activities. On Rosh Hashanah, we celebrate the completion of one year and the beginning of the next. It is a time when we set goals for the future. Rosh Hashanah this year coincides with the first […]
The Abraham Accords: For the generations to come
On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the accords, I am now just as thrilled as I was on September 15, 2020, when I sat on the White House lawn as a member of the Bahraini delegation. The signing of the Abraham Accords will no doubt be one of the biggest Middle East milestones […]
Abraham Accords: A year of ‘faith and tolerance’ between UAE, Israel, say Rabbis
Senior rabbis across the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have spoken of a year of tolerance shown to residents of the Jewish faith in the two GCC countries ahead of the first anniversary of the historic Abraham Accords. On August 13, 2020, the United Arab Emirates and Israel announced that they would be establishing relations, […]
As Gulf opens to Jewish life, Muslims spark interest in learning about High Holidays
One year after the Abraham Accords were signed, locals from communities in Gulf states have taken a keen and public interest in the Jewish New Year and its traditions. (September 6, 2021 / JNS) With Jews around the world set to begin the High Holiday season, the small Jewish communities in six Gulf states, including […]
As Gulf opens to Jewish life, Muslims spark interest in learning about High Holidays
One year after the Abraham Accords were signed, locals from communities in Gulf states have taken a keen and public interest in the Jewish New Year and its traditions. With Jews around the world set to begin the High Holiday season, the small Jewish communities in six Gulf states, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi […]
As Gulf opens to Jewish life, Muslims spark interest in learning about High Holidays
One year after the Abraham Accords were signed, locals from communities in Gulf states have taken a keen and public interest in the Jewish New Year and its traditions. With Jews around the world set to begin the High Holiday season, the small Jewish communities in six Gulf states, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi […]
Take a look inside the newly renovated House of Ten Commandments in Bahrain
Former Bahraini ambassador to the United States, Houda Nonoo, shows off the newly renovated House of Ten Commandments in Bahrain. Click to Watch
At home in the Arabian Gulf, I’ve never felt unsafe as a Jew
By Houda Nonoo While antisemitism is on the rise in the West, it is not an issue here in the region, including in Bahrain. That’s why more Jews are coming to the GCC. As reports of antisemitic attacks rise throughout the West, Jewish life in the East flourishes at an unprecedented pace with an increasing […]
La vie juive à Bahreïn: “Je n’ai jamais été confronté à l’antisémitisme à Manama
“Nos familles juives ont toujours vécu aux côtés des familles musulmanes” En septembre 2020, Bahreïn et Israël ont normalisé leurs relations avec les accords d’Abraham signés à Washington, ouvrant la voie à une coopération dans de nombreux domaines, mais qu’en est-il de la vie juive à Bahreïn? Ebrahim Nonoo, président de la communauté juive et […]
Torah scroll gifted by Jared Kushner arrives in Bahraini Jewish community
The Bahraini community of Manama has brought back the Torah scroll former senior White House adviser Jared Kushner commissioned last year to their congregation – in honor of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa – amid the signing of the Abraham Accords, to its newly renovated synagogue on Monday. Former Ambassador of Bahrain to the United […]