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      <title>Baking matzah in the Gulf</title>
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      <title>Jewish life in Arab Gulf states rejuvenated one year after founding of AGJC</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities is shifting its focus away from an influx of Israeli tourists and towards the more permanent future of a Jewish presence in the Gulf region.]]></description>
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      <title>New matchmaking program in Gulf to serve Jewish singles</title>
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      <title>Ambassadors from US, UAE, Bahrain to jointly celebrate Lag B’Omer/Iftar</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The online event will include a panel discussion on how interfaith co-existence is propelling the GCC region forward.]]></description>
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      <title>In a first, Bahrain Jewish community holds Holocaust Remembrance Day event</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“At the end of the ceremony, the ‘El Malei Rachamim’ prayer was held and candles were lit in memory of the victims,” says local Jewish organization the House of Ten Commandments.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 06:03:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Jewish communities in Gulf commemorate Holocaust with Muslims</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[For the first time ever, the Jewish communities of Bahrain and Dubai will be participating in the Yellow Candle Project.]]></description>
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      <title>Jewish communities in Gulf offer Passover programs for residents, US troops</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Also arranged is the shipment of nearly 650 pounds of matzah to the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries, along with other Passover food.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2021 18:19:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Association in Gulf states to boost regional Jewish life from ‘beit din’ to kosher agency</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Having moved to Dubai in 2014, it’s incredibly inspiring to see how Jewish life here in the Gulf is growing,” said co-founder and cantor of the Jewish Council of the Emirates Alex Peterfreund.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:38:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Six GCC countries form first association to enhance regional Jewish life</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“While maintaining our independence, this new association allows us to pool our resources to the betterment of all Jews in the Gulf,” said Ebrahim Daoud Nonoo, president of the new group.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 05:12:05 GMT</pubDate>
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