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World Jewish Congress and Jewish Council of the Emirates celebrate first-ever International Day of Human Fraternity 04 Feb 2021 share this on NEW YORK—World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder and Jewish Council of the Emirates (JCE) President Ross Kriel join global leaders in marking the inaugural International Day of Human Fraternity, designated by the United Nations as February 4.   Commenting on the significance of the occasion, WJC President Ronald S. Lauder said, “The International Day of Human Fraternity embodies the hope for the...

Kriel argued that his community was unique because of its “extraordinary diversity”. “When defining who a Jew is, we do it in the most inclusive possible way,” he explained. “This allows Jews from all walks of life to be involved in our structures and to be elected as leaders in our community.” Ross Kriel speaking at Limmud “We also have many expats in our community, giving us a real soup of the Jewish world!” Joining Kriel for the virtual Limmud session, attended by over 250 people, was Jessica Katz, a former JDC Fellow placed in Dubai for three months. “Prior to my placeme...

DUBAI: On Dec. 11, the second day of Hanukkah — the Jewish holiday also known as the Festival of Lights or Miracles — Dubai’s iconic Burj Khalifa lit up to mark the celebration of the first night of Hanukkah in the UAE, and the first time the holiday is being celebrated openly in the country since the signing of the historic Abraham Accords with Israel. Events were celebrated all over Dubai and Abu Dhabi. For Jews, the message behind Hanukkah is to spread light over darkness, and in many ways the normalization of ties between the UAE and Israel ends decades of metaphorical and figurati...

My multicultural Shabbat in a Muslim-Arab country My multicultural Shabbat in a Muslim-Arab country Dubai was so unexpectedly open that I felt safer wearing my “kippah” there than even on the streets of New York, Toronto and London. (December 23, 2020 / JNS) As a Jew who often travels for business, I have observed Shabbat in Tripoli (Libya), Casablanca (Morocco), Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania), Skopje (Macedonia), London, Hong Kong, Jerusalem, Washington D.C. and even unlikely places like the Serengeti, with its 32,000 kilometers (20,000 miles) of natural ecosystem. I observe the sabbath, which...