The United Arab Emirates will begin constructing its first shul in the next several months.
It is scheduled to be completed in 2022 as part of a multifaith complex called the Abrahamic Family House in the capital of Abu Dhabi, reported Reuters.
A small group of Jews who live in the capital reportedly meet for worship in a private residence.
The UAE currently does not have diplomatic relations with the State of Israel.
In May, the Anti-Defamation League announced New York University chaplain Rabbi Yehuda Sarna as the first chief rabbi of the Jewish community in the UAE.
(JNS)
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Will it be nusach Ashkinaz or Sfard?
Now I’ll have a new place to run to for Rosh Hashanah.
Pesach in UAE one day?
It is scheduled to be completed in 2022 as part of a multifaith complex called the Abrahamic Family House in the capital of Abu Dhabi, reported Reuters.
So they aren’t really building a shul. They are building a multifaith complex that will include a synagogue.
In May, the Anti-Defamation League announced New York University chaplain Rabbi Yehuda Sarna as the first chief rabbi of the Jewish community in the UAE.
How does anyone get a job like that?
What are the responsibilities of the job other than enabling the UAE to say they have a chief rabbi?
A small group of Jews who live in the capital reportedly meet for worship in a private residence.
It’s a safe guess that they aren’t meeting to daven in a private residence on a daily or even weekly basis.