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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 430

Houda Nonoo

President Isaac Herzog (right) meets with members of the Bahrain Jewish community in Manama on December 4, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
December 5, 2022, 11:37 am
Herzog meets with small Bahrain Jewish community in Manama
President, on first-ever official visit, receives gifts from local Jews, whose presence in island kingdom dates back some 140 years
By Lazar Berman
Bahrain's Jewish community celebrated its first Jewish wedding in the country in 52 years Sunday. (Houda Nonoo via JTA)
October 12, 2021, 3:59 am
Bahrain hosts first Jewish wedding in over 50 years
Kosher function a milestone for Jewish community in Gulf kingdom that recently made peace with Israel
By Shira Hanau
Rabbi Elie Abadie (yellow tie) joins the Jewish community in the UAE for a Hanukkah celebration (photo credit: Courtesy)
February 15, 2021, 7:42 am
Beth Din of Arabia: Jews in Gulf countries announce first communal organizations
Spurred by new accords with Israel, communities in UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia create new body under Beirut-born Rabbi Elie Abadie to oversee Jewish life
By Lazar Berman
Houda Nonoo
November 24, 2020, 7:37 pm
Houda Nonoo
My first trip to Israel – when dream became reality
As a Jew, I yearned to come. As a committed citizen of Bahrain, I waited for circumstances to allow such a visit. That time finally arrived.
Isaac Herzog at the Jewish Agency Board of Governors, February, 2020. (The Jewish Agency for Israel)
September 13, 2020, 2:43 pm
In wake of diplomatic ties, Jewish Agency to work on aiding community in Bahrain
Group’s chief Isaac Herzog speaks with local leader Ebrahim Nonoo, who asks for assistance with Jewish education and identity; estimates that community numbers around 50
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Abraham Cooper attends the morning prayers at the Bahrain synagogue, June 25, 2019. (Raphael Ahren/TOI)
June 28, 2019, 8:44 am
Behind the scenes of the first morning minyan in Manama in over 70 years
I came to Bahrain to cover an economic peace conference, and ended up discovering a small but unique local Jewish community
By Raphael Ahren
A Bahraini man scrubs the site of a Hanukkah party hosted by the nation's king (screen capture: MEMRI)
January 10, 2017, 10:26 am
Bahraini youths ‘clean’ site of king’s menorah-lighting party
Group calling itself ‘Bahrainis against normalization’ vows to ‘wipe this stain on the shining history of our lands’
By ToI Staff
Jews and sheikhs celebrate Hanukkah in Bahrain, December 24, 2016 (Screen capture: YouTube)
December 26, 2016, 4:51 pm
Hamas slams Bahrain for hosting menorah-lighting ceremony
Islamist terror group castigates Muslim monarchy for celebrating with ‘extreme racist Zionists,’ says viral video of event was ‘humiliating and disgraceful spectacle’
By ToI Staff
Jews and sheikhs celebrate Hanukkah in Bahrain, December 24, 2016 (Screen capture: YouTube)
December 25, 2016, 10:12 pm
King of Bahrain hosts menorah-lighting ceremony
Video of rabbis and kaffiyeh-clad Muslims dancing to Hasidic songs in Arab monarchy goes viral
By ToI Staff
Houda Nonoo, Bahrain's former envoy to Washington. (screen capture: Youtube/icdchannel)
November 18, 2013, 9:58 am
Jewish woman ends stint as Bahraini envoy in DC
Houda Nonoo to return to her native country after five years in Washington
By JTA
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