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A new kosher kitchen being run in partnership with Emirates could help the UAE become a major global exporter of the food.
Kosher Arabia will produce more than 2,000 meals a day from a 1,858-square-metre kitchen
in Dubai.
It will focus on airline catering for Emirates and other airlines, as well as for hotels and events.
This country could actually be a centre exporting premium kosher food to the rest of the region and the world
Ross Kriel, CCL Holdings
Ross Kriel, the chief executive of CCL Holdings, which is working with Emirates Flight Catering to open and operate the kitchen, said the idea was a dream that has been in the planning for years.
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Ilan Ben Zion, a reporter at the Associated Press, is a former news editor at The Times of Israel. He holds a Masters degree in Diplomacy from Tel Aviv University and an Honors Bachelors degree from the University of Toronto in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, Jewish Studies, and English.
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AP Half a year after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain established diplomatic relations with Israel, discreet Jewish communities in the Gulf Arab states that once lived in the shadow of the Arab-Israeli conflict are adopting a more public profile.
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Mar. 9, 2021
Half a year after the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain established diplomatic relations with Israel, discreet Jewish communities in the Gulf Arab states that once lived in the shadow of the Arab-Israeli conflict are adopting a more public profile.
Kosher food is now available. Jewish holidays are celebrated openly. There is even a fledgling religious court to sort out issues such as marriages and divorces.
“Slowly, slowly, it’s improving,” said Ebrahim Nonoo, leader of Bahrain’s Jewish community, which recently hosted an online celebration of the Purim holiday for Jews in the Gulf Arab region.
Nonoo is among the founders of the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities, a new umbrella group for the tiny Jewish populations in the six Arab monarchies of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Their goal is to win greater acceptance of Jewish life in the region.