Newsweek By Matt Keeley July 18, 2019 When the Beach Bakery and Grand Cafe went up for sale last year, locals were worried they’d lose the only kosher restaurant in the Hamptons. But the eatery found its savior: Rashid Sulehri, a devout Muslim, is keeping the café kosher—and adding halal food to the menu. Simon Continue Reading »
By Bart Jones Newsday Updated July 6, 2019 6:00 AM Long Island’s East End has only one place that’s kosher, a combination bakery-restaurant called Beach Bakery & Grand Café in Westhampton Beach. So when the business went up for sale last year, the Jewish community was understandably nervous that a new owner would stop serving kosher food, especially the Continue Reading »
The Independent By Bel Trew June 30, 2019 Israel may be celebrating the seemingly friendlier relations with Bahrain, but the conference did nothing to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict It felt more like a Ted Talk or an episode of Dragon’s Den than peace negotiations for one of the world’s trickiest conflicts. This Tuesday in a Continue Reading »
The Times of Israel By Raphael Ahren June 28, 2019 I came to Bahrain to cover an economic peace conference, and ended up discovering a small but unique local Jewish community MANAMA, Bahrain — “They may not make peace in Bahrain, but they made a minyan in Bahrain,” David Makovsky, a DC-based think tanker specializing Continue Reading »
Arutz Sheva By Yoni Kempinski June 26, 2019 Rabbi Marc Schneier, Special Advisor to King of Bahrain, says economic conference brought Israelis, Arabs together to bolster PA economy. Rabbi Marc Schneier, the Special Advisor to King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain, spoke to Arutz Sheva about the US-led economic conference currently taking place Continue Reading »
The Times of Israel By Raphael Ahren 26 June 2019, 11:25 am Afterward, worshipers break out in song, hear Torah sermon as Houda Nonoo, a Jewish woman who served as Bahrain’s US ambassador, marvels: ‘It’s a historic moment’ MANAMA, Bahrain — Businessmen, reporters, five rabbis and a senior White House official held rare morning prayers Continue Reading »
The Jerusalem Post By Herb Keinon June 26, 2019 “This is historic,” Houdie Nonoo said. “It is the first time in my lifetime that I’ve been in this synagogue with a morning minyan, and more than a minyan” MANAMA, BAHRAIN — In the center of the city, just off a busy street of shops, in Continue Reading »
Arab News By Ray Hanania June 25, 2019 -> Schneier led the first Synagogue Mission to Bahrain in February 2018 -> Schneier believes the conference will create an economic momentum that will help the Palestinians and encourage both sides to pursue peace MANAMA: American Rabbi Marc Schneier launched his interfaith efforts in 1989 in the Continue Reading »
Yahoo! By Bel Trew June 25, 2019 Analysis: Controversy has marred a two-day economic workshop in Bahrain which the US hopes will ‘jump start’ Palestinian economy and build peace in region No Israeli or Palestinian officials will be present when Donald Trump launches his long-awaited and much-touted peace plan for the region. The second hiccup, Continue Reading »
The Washington Examiner By Rob Crilly June 25, 2019 A U.S.-backed workshop to kick-start Israeli-Palestinian talks with a $50 billion investment is a first step to Middle East peace despite the absence of government figures from either side, according to an adviser to the king of Bahrain. The “Prosperity to Peace” meeting in the tiny Continue Reading »
The Independent By Bel Trew June 25, 2019 Analysis: Controversy has marred a two-day economic workshop in Bahrain which the US hopes will ‘jump start’ Palestinian economy and build peace in region No Israeli or Palestinian officials will be present when Donald Trump launches his long-awaited and much-touted peace plan for the region. The second Continue Reading »
Actualite Israel / Times of Israel (French) By Raphael Ahren June 25, 2019 Donnant le coup d’envoi du sommet de Manama, le gendre de Trump a assuré que le progrès économique est un prérequis pour la paix, que Washington n’a pas abandonné les Palestiniens MANAMA, Bahreïn — Donnant le coup d’envoi de la conférence internationale Continue Reading »
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