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, […]
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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 […]
Jared Kushner’s Torah Scroll is Now in Bahraini Synagogue
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 […]
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