Israel’s Sephardi Chief Rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef, travelled to Dubai on Thursday to inaugurate a Jewish nursery school and officially proclaim Rabbi Levi Duchman as rabbi of the Jewish community in the United Arab Emirates, Israeli media have reported. “During [Chief Rabbi Yosef’s] visit, he will meet with senior Emirati officials, inaugurate the newly certified Jewish [nursery] school, and, in a special ceremony, invest Rabbi Levi Duchman as rabbi of the Emirati Jewish community,” a statement from Dubai’s Jewish Community Centre said. The Times of Israel said that this was the first visit ever by…
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