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Share When Marcy Grossman celebrated Hanukkah in the United Arab Emirates last year, it was a subdued, underground affair. “It was basically like 75 people in a residence, we lit candles, ate latkes, that was it,” said Grossman, who has served as Canada’s ambassador to the UAE since October 2019. The gathering was held in what was known as “the villa,” Dubai’s secret, unmarked synagogue. But this year, just a few months after the signing of the Abraham Accords codifying peace between Israel and the UAE, the celebrations reached another dimension. “It’s a different world,” Grossman told Jewish Insider in a video interview from Abu Dhabi on the seventh night of Hanukkah. “I was in Dubai last week for the start of Hanukkah… there were three major Hanukkah celebrations to choose from, there was a 12-foot menorah put up in front of Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, there was ‘ ....
On Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced additional House committee assignments. Congresswoman-elect Sara Jacobs (D-CA) was the only incoming House freshman named to the Foreign Affairs Committee. “I look forward to bringing my experience in U.S. foreign policy and international organizations and my voice as a millennial who has never known a day in my adult life that the United States has not been at war to the committee as we work to rebuild America’s standing in the world,” Jacobs told Jewish Insider in a statement. Congresswoman-elect Kathy Manning (D-NC) told JI last month that she was hoping to join Foreign Affairs. Instead, Manning was tapped for the Education and Labor Committee. Additional committee assignments are likely to be announced in January. ....