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Ed. Note: In honor of President’s Day, our next Daily Kickoff will be live on Tuesday morning. Enjoy the long weekend!
In today’s Daily Kickoff, we’ll be talking to the people in charge. Adam Schiff Following his entry into the California Senate race, Abraham Family House There was also a preview of the Munich Security Forum in Abu Dhabi, which started this morning.Also, Today’s Daily Kickoff: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Susan Wojicki and Michael Ratney.
Abraham Family House — A new multi-religious center in the United Arab Emirates comprising a mosque, church and synagogue — Officially opened yesterday In Abu Dhabi, I attended a moving ceremony attended by leaders and children of three Abrahamic religions.
Mohammed Khalifa Al MubarakThe chairman of the Abraham Family House, chairman of Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism and chairman of the Abraham Family House, kicked off the ceremony with a long silence for those affected by the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. , then welcomed hundreds of guests. historic occasion. Al-Mubarak said, “The Abraham Family House will empower young people everywhere as they highlight our common humanity and work towards creating a more peaceful world for generations to come.” I hope it inspires you.
Attendees from the Royal Family of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence. UAE Minister of State Noura Al Kaabi was also present at the event.
Rabbi Ephraim MilvisBritain’s Chief Rabbi, who visited the UAE for the first time last November, Marvis turned his attention to poetry. Oram Chesed Ibane And the house is a symbol of how God builds the world with kindness. earlier in the day, attached by Marvis mezuzah To the door of Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue with the synagogue leaders Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, Rabbi Ben de Toledo, Yael de Toledo.
Emirates News Agency released Click here for the video of the opening ceremony.
on the forumCelebrate the Abraham Family House today, Rabbi Sarna said he believed this was the first synagogue to be launched in the Gulf since the Bahrain Synagogue was built in Manama in 1931.
Sheikh Nahyan Mabarak Al Nahyan, Addressing today’s forum, the Minister for Tolerance of the United Arab Emirates said: To encourage, empower and enable people of different religious backgrounds to work together for the benefit of all of us. “
Our team is on site in Abu Dhabi this weekend. In the next few days, we’ll bring you interviews and photos from the festival.
Munich Security Conference opens in Germany this morningIsraeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant addressed the conference today and later at a panel hosted by the Institute for Abraham Consensus and the European Rabbinic Conference. Sen. Lindsey Graham (Republican-South Carolina), Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat-RI), Chris Coons (Democrat-Germany) speaking this afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) will participate in a panel discussion focused on Ukraine. today. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorcas will also speak today.
Israeli Worker MK Merav Michaeli will speak tonight at a panel titled “Protecting the Core: Fueling Democratic Resilience.”
late tonightVice President Kamala Harris will host a reception for Secretary of State Tony Brinken and a congressional delegation to the conference.
Tomorrow morningSenator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), who heads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will speak on a panel entitled “Women, Life, Freedom: Iran’s Vision.” Rep. Michael McCall (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, will speak tomorrow morning before Mr. Harris takes the stage. Later in the day, Blinken will speak on the panel about Ukraine’s future. Sen. Jean Shaheen (D-NH) will address a panel later in the day just before US Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry takes the stage.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California), The speaker of the House of Representatives until last month, he will speak alongside Ruslan Stefanchuk, the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, during a session focused on the parliament’s role in wartime. Also in Munich, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy will speak on the final morning of the conference.
Sunday morning tooformer Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert alongside Jordan’s and Norway’s foreign ministers and Bahrain’s undersecretary for political affairs Abdullah bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa in a panel entitled “Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East.” will give a lecture at
