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NYU chaplain to be first chief rabbi of UAE Jews

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Published: 17 May 2019

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Yehuda Sarna says position requires travelling to Dubai four times a year to lead holiday services and officiate life-cycle ceremonies for hundreds of Jews in country

NYU chaplain to be first chief rabbi of the United Arab Emirates (Haaretz)
Rabbi Yehuda Sarna's hope is to nurture a structured community in the Muslim country, so that paid staff, including a full-time rabbi, could one day take over

Photo: Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, a chaplain at NYU. Credit: Gili Getz
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