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A Torah scroll commissioned by former White House senior advisor Jared Kushner and presented to Bahrain s King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa last year has been taken to the recently renovated House of Te.
Kushner Torah Scroll Enters Bahrain Synagogue The Media Line Staff 05/04/2021
A Torah scroll presented in September to Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa by former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner was welcomed into the House of Ten Commandments synagogue in the capital, Manama.
The scroll was brought on Monday to the newly renovated synagogue, considered the oldest synagogue in the Arabian Gulf, former Bahraini ambassador to the US, Houda Nonoo, tweeted. It was welcomed by the ambassador and by Ebrahim Dawood Nonoo, president of the local Jewish community. Wake up to the Trusted Mideast News source Mideast Daily News Email
“Both
Sefirat Ha’omer and Ramadan share a common theme as they are a time for reflection,” Rabbi Abadie told
The Algemeiner by email. “As we celebrate the Lag B’Omer holiday and Iftar dinner together as the AGJC with our Muslim neighbors, it’s a time for us to reflect on where the region is today and the role that interfaith diplomacy has played in getting us here.”
The Thursday event began with Abadie explaining the holiday of Lag B’Omer, followed by Muslim peace activist Loay Alshareef, who talked about Ramadan.
Abadie told viewers that “from the difficult times to the happier times … I think the lesson is first and foremost accepting each other’s differences [and] tolerating each others opinions by respecting them, and recognizing we are all children of one God, one supreme being [and] one father. We are all members of the same family and that is certainly a cause to celebrate.”