In historic first, Jewish communities commemorate Yom Hashoah in the Gulf

• Author: Arutz Sheva Staff
• Published date: 05 April 2021
• Date: 05 April 2021
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

The event will include young Muslims from Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who will share their experience visiting Yad Vashem for the first time and learning about the atrocities of the Holocaust.

On Thursday, April 8, at 7:00 p.m. in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia / 8:00 p.m. in Oman and the United Arab Emirates, the AGJC will host a webinar moderated by Emily Judd from the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity featuring young Muslims from Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates who will discuss their experiences visiting Yad Vashem.

Later on, they will be joined by members of the Jewish community in the Gulf and together, they will discuss how Muslims and Jews can work together to create a new Middle East.

The House of the Ten Commandments (the Jewish community of Bahrain) and the Jewish Council of the Emirates (JCE) will each hold their own separate Yom HaShoah events in addition to the AGJC one which they will both be participating in.

For the first time ever, the Jewish communities of Bahrain and Dubai will be participating in the Yellow Candle Project, the global communal effort to remember victims of the Holocaust, whereby members from each community will light a yellow candle in memory of the name of Jews who perished during the Shoah.

The project includes an educational website which allows participants to explore age-appropriate themes within Holocaust education. Both communities will light their candles on Wednesday, April 7 at 7:00 p.m. in Bahrain and Dubai. The House of the Ten Commandments invites the broader Jewish community to join them virtually for this event.

Additionally, the JCE will be hosting a Yom HaShoah commemoration in partnership with the Crossroads of Civilization Museum on April 7th at 7:00 p.m. that will feature the stories of Arab "Upstanders" who stood up against the Nazis, including Dr...