• Source: Jewish Community Center of UAE

The Jewish Community Center of UAE is a Jewish community center in the United Arab Emirates led by Chabad Rabbi Levi Duchman and community president Solly Wolf.




History


Since the formation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 1971, a small Jewish community grew and lived in the UAE for many years, but was mostly living in the shadows. As improved relations between Israel and the UAE, Jews in the UAE started to openly pray and practice Judaism and established the Jewish Community Center of UAE.




Synagogue


The JCC (Jewish Community Center) of the UAE, is led by Chabad Rabbi Levi Duchman. A Jewish benediction is recited to the president of the UAE Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan as well as to the rest of the rulers of the UAE during Shabbat.




Kosher food


The supply of 1,000 kosher chickens per week is provided to the community by local Kosher Shechita. In May 2020, it was reported that the JCC of UAE has imported the largest meat shipment in the history of the community.
Following the normalization agreement, Duchman opened an upscale kosher restaurant in the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai, serving Mediterranean fare and wine and sporting a "sleek Asian decor".




Talmud Torah School


A new Talmud Torah was reported in 2020 to have been recently established and now has around 40 pupils.




Public sukkah


For the Sukkot holiday in October 2020, Duchman erected a public sukkah next to the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai.




See also


Zvi Kogan, Israeli-Moldovan Chabad rabbi who worked at the center and was killed in the United Arab Emirates
History of the Jews in the United Arab Emirates




References






External links


Jewish Community Center of UAE on Twitter
Official website

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Negara Islam Irak dan Syam
• Bantuan kemanusiaan untuk korban gempa bumi Samudra Hindia 2004
• Jewish Community Center of UAE
• Levi Duchman
• Solly Wolf
• History of the Jews in the United Arab Emirates
• Chabad
• Religion in the United Arab Emirates
• Yehuda Sarna
• Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue
• Abrahamic Family House
• Expatriates in the United Arab Emirates