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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 Israel […]

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 Israel […]

“The atmosphere was euphoric as we sat around the chuppah, which symbolizes the new home being built by the couple,” said president of the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities Ebrahim Dawood Nonoo. 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 […]

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A senior rabbi in Bahrain and members of their Jewish faith have welcomed an “historic” visit by Israel’s top diplomat Yair Lapid, a year after the US-brokered normalization of ties. The Jewish community of Bahrain, the only indigenous Jewish community in the GCC, welcomed the minister during his visit to the Kingdom on Thursday, during […]

The Nonoos count in their ranks a former ambassador to the U.S. and a world-famous fashion designer Do you know the Nonoos? The recent normalization deal between Israel and the tiny Gulf nation of Bahrain has put a spotlight on its even tinier Jewish community. And among its most prominent members is the Nonoo family, the Jewish […]

Le royaume accueille un petit nombre de Juifs, majoritairement originaires d’Irak ; pour un responsable, “nous n’aurions jamais pensé voir dans notre vie” le pacte avec Israël La communauté juive de Bahreïn a salué ce qu’elle a qualifié d’accord « historique et inattendu » conclu entre le royaume et Israël vendredi. « C’est un moment […]

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 Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are planning to take part publicly in some of the traditional holiday rituals for the first time in decades. This newfound openness is […]

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 […]

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 […]