Chabad-Lubavitch Officially Announces Emissary to the United Arab Emirates
Each new day seems to bring with it historic good news from the Middle East. August’s surprise announcement of the United States-brokered Abraham Accords Peace Agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel was followed a month later by a similar agreement between Bahrain and Israel. The two Arab states and Israel signed their respective agreements on the White House lawn on Sept. 15, and it has been a flurry of firsts ever since: direct commercial flights, delegation exchanges, embassy applications. These rapid developments have been a boon for the growing Jewish community in the entire Gulf region, which over the last few years has been quietly emerging from the shadows. This week marked yet another first when the Chabad-Lubavitch movement announced its appointment of Rabbi Levi Duchman, the rabbi of the United Arab Emirates, as the Chabad emissary to the UAE.
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