United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

How Jews in the UAE are responding to Chabad rabbi’s shocking murder

‘Lower profile’ Jewish life in UAE continues after targeted murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read
'Despite the fear that we are experiencing in the short term, there is going to be a strong building back,' say Jewish UAE leaders (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)
Mourners attend the funeral of Israeli-Moldovan rabbi Tzvi Kogan in Kfar Chabad, a Chabad-Lubavitch community in central Israel, on November 25, 2024. The 28-year-old UAE-based Chabad Hasidic movement representative was found dead by security services last week in the United Arab Emirates, following what Israeli officials and an ultra-Orthodox Jewish group he was affiliated with called an anti-Semitic attack. Emirati authorities said on November 25, three suspects from Uzbekistan were in custody over the murder of a rabbi. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images)
Chabad

UAE rabbi buried in emotional Jerusalem ceremony as Kushners pledge millions to Chabad

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read
Left to right: Foreign Affairs Minister of Bahrain Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump and Foreign Affairs Minister of the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan at the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords at the White House on September 15, 2020 in Washington, DC (photo by Getty Images)
Abraham Accords

‘For real change, Abraham Accords need to move onto the Arab street’

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read
Chief Rabbi opens first purpose-built synagogue in Arab world in 100 years
United Arab Emirates

Chief Rabbi opens first purpose-built synagogue in Arab world in 100 years

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read
The flag of United Arab Emirates flies at half-mast outside the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi on May 13, 2022, following the death of UAE's President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. - UAE's President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan died aged 73 after a years-long battle with illness, triggering a period of mourning and a handover of power in the oil-rich Gulf state. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP) (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)
Holocaust education

United Arab Emirates to implement Holocaust education in schools

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read
2F1486X President Donald Trump Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan participate in the signing of the Abraham Accords Tuesday Sept. 15 2020 on the South Lawn of the White House.
Israel

Saudia Arabia is ‘set to sign Israeli peace deal in the next few months'

By Felix Pope

1 min read
Camel at the urban background of Dubai.
Dubai

Dubai's new tribe: what's it like being Jewish in the United Arab Emirates?

By Zoe Strimpel

9 min read

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