By Houda Nonoo Since I was a young child, Hanukkah has always been one of my favorite holidays. It was not just the presents we received or the delicious latkes and sufganiyot (traditional jelly donuts), it was also the time we spent together as a family and a community. As I grew up, I had […]
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Kosher Bahrain: OU partners with Ritz Carlton in Manama
November 10 – A report is out that the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Manama, Bahrain “will become the first hotel in the kingdom to offer kosher certified food through the help of Orthodox Union (OU) Kosher, the world’s largest kosher certification agency.” According to the announcement from the Ritz Carlton Manama and OU Kosher the […]
The Ritz-Carlton to become first in Bahrain to offer kosher certified food
A leading five star property will become the first hotel in the kingdom to offer kosher certified food. The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain starting later this month will offer the kosher food through the help of Orthodox Union (OU) Kosher, the world’s largest kosher certification agency. The hotel is identifying a kosher culinary team member who will […]
Not just Dubai: Bahrain hotel enters kosher travel market
The Orthodox Union has been consulting with the hotel on establishing a kosher kitchen. Following the surge of interest from Jewish travelers in visiting the United Arab Emirates since it made peace with Israel, the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Manama, Bahrain is now capitalizing on the Abraham Accords and opening a kosher kitchen. The Orthodox […]
בתי כנסת עתיקים וציון השבת ברשת: בחריין כפי שלא ראיתם מעולם
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FIRST JEWISH WEDDING HELD IN BAHRAIN IN 52 YEARS
The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC), the people-to-people network of Jewish communities from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries that are developing Jewish life in the region, facilitated the first Jewish wedding in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 52 years this past weekend at the Ritz Carlton Manama. The event was also the first […]
FIRST JEWISH WEDDING HELD IN BAHRAIN IN 52 YEARS
The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC), the people-to-people network of Jewish communities from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries that are developing Jewish life in the region, facilitated the first Jewish wedding in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 52 years this past weekend at the Ritz Carlton Manama. The event was also the first […]
Bahrain hosts first Jewish wedding in more than 50 years
For the first time in more than half a century, a Jewish couple was married in Bahrain on Sunday. The wedding, which was held at the Ritz Carlton in Manama and certified kosher with help from the Orthodox Union, was a milestone for the Jewish community in the Gulf nation, which opened diplomatic relations with […]
לאחר 52 שנים: חתונה יהודית ראשונה נערכה בבחריין
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Bahrain hosts first Jewish wedding in 52 years
The first Jewish wedding in 52 years was held in Bahrain over the weekend, in a sign of warming ties between Israel and the Gulf kingdom, which has warmly embraced the historic Abraham Accords. The event, held at the Ritz Carlton Manama, was also the first strictly kosher wedding in the kingdom’s history and was […]