The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC) has launched a project to restore and maintain the Jewish cemetery in the Kingdom. The initiative will kick off with the Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shevat, starting the evening of January 16, 2022. In the 1930s, the...
Manama cemetery is the only Jewish burial ground still operating the Arab Gulf region. The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC) is launching a fundraising campaign to restore the more than 100-year-old Jewish cemetery in Bahrain, the Jewish Telegraphic...
A NEW fund has been launched to help maintain the more than 100-year-old Jewish cemetery in Manama – the only one still operational in the Gulf. The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC) said it will launch the fund-raising project on Sunday to coincide with...
The Jewish community in Bahrain dates back about 140 years to the late 1800s when a group of Iraqi Jews and a smaller number of Jews from Iran arrived in search of economic opportunities. The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities, an organization that works to foster...
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