UAE opens first kosher market for growing Jewish community

The Jewish community in the UAE has substantially grown over the last two years, and with it, the demand for a kosher food source.
UAE Jewish
Children practice Shabbat rituals at the Jewish Hebrew School on Oct. 8, 2021, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Jewish Hebrew School run by Rabbi Levi Duchman operated unofficially for five years before the UAE and Israel signed the Abraham Accords, the formal normalization agreement brokered by the United States in 2020. - Andrea DiCenzo/Getty Images
Gina Bagnulo
Gina Bagnulo
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DUBAI — The first kosher supermarket ever in the Gulf opened in the United Arab Emirates this week to serve the city's growing Jewish population.

The store, Rimon (Hebrew for pomegranate), located in Dubai is a five-minute drive from the Jewish Community Center, which hosts a synagogue and provides Torah classes and social gatherings.  

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