New book out on the Jews of Bahrain

The Bahrain Tribune interviews one of the 30 Jews of Bahrain, Nancy Elly Khedouri, about her new book: (with thanks: Lily)

"A book, From Our Beginning to the Present Day, by Nancy Elly Khedouri, is a journey of Bahrain’s Jewish community from the first settlers to the modern Bahraini Jews. How the Jewish families have integrated into society, maintained their identity, the occupations the earlier Jews followed and their contributions to Bahrain are also highlighted in the book.

"The first Jewish family to settle in Bahrain was the Yadgarhs, who came to Bahrain in 1880. The first Jews who settled in Bahrain came from Iraq, Khedouri said.

"They were generally traders and money exchangers and one was a record producer. The settlers brought in their religious and cultural heritage and thus Bahrain got its first synagogue and a cemetery for the Jews.

“The peaceful co-existence we have with the Bahrainis is proof of the religious tolerance advocated by His Majesty the King, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa,” Khedouri said."

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