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Handmade matzah comes out of the oven. Credit: Ariel Palmon via Wikimedia Commons.

Baking matzah in the Gulf

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The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC) announced Sunday that it will bring matzah-making to several Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries ahead of Passover, which begins on Friday, April 15. Additionally, the AGJC, the umbrella...
On the one-year anniversary of the formation of the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC), the focus has turned to the future of more permanent Jewish life in the region. Credit: AGJC.

Jewish life in Arab Gulf states rejuvenated one year after founding of AGJC

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When it comes to the impact of the Abraham Accords on Jewish life in the Persian Gulf, most thoughts turn to the opportunities for Israelis to flock to newly opened kosher hotels and restaurants in Dubai or Manama,...
“Jewish Singles in the Gulf” is a new platform to help young professionals meet, Oct. 31, 2021. Credit: Courtesy.

New matchmaking program in Gulf to serve Jewish singles

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The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities—the network of Jewish communities from Gulf Cooperation Council countries developing Jewish life in the region—has launched the first dating website in the region with the aim of pairing...
Rabbi David Rosen, international director of interreligious affairs at the American Jewish Committee. Credit: Courtesy.

Ambassadors from US, UAE, Bahrain to jointly celebrate Lag B’Omer/Iftar

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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...
Participants in the the Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Bahrain, April 7, 2021. Credit: Courtesy of Houda Nonoo, Bahrain's former ambassador to the U.S. and a board member of the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities.

In first, Bahrain Jewish community holds Holocaust Remembrance Day event

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The Jewish community in Bahrain marked Holocaust Remembrance Day for the first time in a virtual ceremony initiated by the House of Ten Commandments, said the local Jewish organization. According to the organization, the ceremony...
The flags of the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Israel and Bahrain on the side of a road in Netanya on Sept. 14, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Jewish communities in Gulf commemorate Holocaust with Muslims

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Jews in the Gulf will commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day this week together with Muslims, through a program hosted by the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC), the group announced on Tuesday. “The event will include...
Passover matzha. Credit: Pixabay.

Jewish communities in Gulf offer Passover programs for residents, US troops

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The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities, the people-to-people network of Jewish communities from Gulf Cooperation Council countries that are developing Jewish life in the region, has planned multiple programs to support and enrich the...