Dubai: In an historic first, Jewish communities in the Gulf will hold a joint virtual Lag B’Omer/Iftar celebration hosted by 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. The event will include a panel discussion with Jewish and Muslim ambassadors focusing on how interfaith and co-existence is propelling the GCC region forward.
On Thursday, April 29, at 7pm in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia and 8pm in UAE and Oman, the AGJC will host a webinar moderated by the American Jewish Committee’s International Director of Interreligious Affairs Rabbi David Rosen featuring Sheikh Abdulla Rashed Al Khalifa, Bahraini Ambassador to the United States; Yousef Al Otaiba, UAE Ambassador to the US; and Marc Sievers, Former Ambassador of the United States to Oman. Bahrain’s Ambassador Houda Nonoo will speak during the program as well.
Ambassadors from US, UAE, Bahrain to jointly celebrate Lag B’Omer/Iftar
Ambassadors from US, UAE, Bahrain to jointly celebrate Lag B’Omer/Iftar
The online event will include a panel discussion on how interfaith co-existence is propelling the GCC region forward.
Rabbi David Rosen, international director of interreligious affairs at the American Jewish Committee. Credit: Courtesy.
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(April 28, 2021 / JNS) Jewish communities in the Gulf will hold a joint virtual Lag B’Omer/Iftar celebration hosted by the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC), the people-to-people network of Jewish communities from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries that are developing Jewish life in the region.
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Arab countries in the Gulf are marking Yom HaShoah with participation from young Muslims, the first such event since a historic peace accord with Israel.
The young people from Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates are sharing their experiences of visiting Yad Vashem and learning for the first time about the atrocities of the Holocaust.
Thursday night’s event includes input from the growing Jewish communities of the Gulf region, who will discuss how Jews and Muslims can work together to create a new Middle East.
“It is truly remarkable that we can celebrate Yom HaShoah so openly this year in the Gulf – both as the broader Jewish community of the Gulf and in our individual communities,” said Elie Abadie, the rabbi of the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities, which is organising the event.