RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: BLUFFTON SUN: BAHRAIN’S JEWS FEEL NO RELIGIOUS TENSION
RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: BLUFFTON SUN: BAHRAIN’S JEWS FEEL NO RELIGIOUS TENSION
Shalom and Peace:
Let us continue our journey to international Jewish communities, and visit Bahrain.
The Talmud reads that Jews lived in Bahrain since antiquity. Arabic sources write that Jews lived in Hajar, Bahrain’s past capital, in 630 CE, refusing Islamic conversion when Muhammad’s army occupied Bahrain. Benjamin Tudela recorded that 500 Jews lived in Bahrain controlling Bahrain’s pearl commerce. In 1880, Jews came from Iraq, Iran, and India, thriving in commerce and textiles. Eventually 1500 Jews lived in Bahrain before WW2.
From the 1930’s and 1940’s, so many Jewish-owned businesses were along Al-Mutanabi Road that it was called “Jews’ Street,” all closing for Sabbath. With Israel’s founding, and anti-Semitic riots, including burning of the synagogue, many Jews immigrated to Israel in 1948 and ’49. The Bahrainis note that the riots were caused by Islamic foreigners. Jewish families hid in Bahraini Muslim homes. More immigration after riots broke out during 1967’s Israeli Six Day War, left only 30 Jews. Today 37 are Bahraini Jews with a new synagogue built in Manama, the new capital, on Sasa’ah Avenue near the main Souk. It is a square, simple, light brown building with no symbols or words to identify it as Jewish.
Jews serve in Bahrain’s Shura (parliament), and until 2013, a Jewish woman was Bahrain’s ambassador to the USA. It is difficult to obtain a quorum of 10 for prayers; hence the synagogue is not used. Jews considered donating it to charity, but the Bahraini government insisted it remain a synagogue and offered to build a new one. The government also offered land and to rebuild the old synagogue which was destroyed in 1948. There is no rabbi and holidays and Sabbaths occur in homes. Bahraini Jews claim they feel no religious tension and have equal rights. When the present Emir Hamad Al Khalifa ascended to power, he gathered the Jews together and assured them this policy would continue. Jews supported the Emir during the 2011 “Arab Spring” riots.
Bahraini Jews cannot visit Israel, nor can they openly support Israel. However, Bahrain is one of the few Moslem countries that has free trade with Israel and does not boycott Israeli products. As one Jew told us: “Life and business are great; however we can’t visit or even phone Israel.”
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“One of the Joys of being a Rabbi,” says Rabbi Arthur Segal,” is working closely with the bride and groom and officiating at their wedding.” He can do this with couples living near by or with couples having a destination wedding in the greater beautiful Hilton Head Island area.
Rabbi Arthur Segal helps develop a custom ceremony with the couple so that each word in the ceremony rings true to them. His ceremonies can range from the very traditional to what ever the couples desires. Rabbi opines that this is the couple’s special day, and to treat each wedding as unique.
For those who are having an interfaith wedding, Rabbi takes special care to respect both traditions, again with total input from the couple. He will be pleased to co-officiate at weddings, using non-Trinitarian language.
Rabbi Arthur Segal also will do recommitment marriage ceremonies with the same care as he does weddings.
Rabbi will work closely with the wedding planer and/or caterer to make sure the wedding is seamless, and the bride and groom can totally enjoy themselves on their special day.
Rabbi Arthur Segal is available, and actually prefers, to be at the rehearsal, to ensure all is going smoothly, and to get to know the bridal party, and family, before the actual wedding day.
For those that wish to have a Ketubah, rabbi will work closely to make sure everyone’s name has correct calligraphy on the document, in English and Hebrew, so the signing ceremony is flawless.
For a beautiful gallery of Ketubahs go to JudaicConnection.com (My couples receive a $15 shipping discount)
Rabbi Arthur Segal tries to limit his weddings to Hilton Head, SC, Bluffton, SC, Palmetto Bluff, SC, Savannah, GA, and Charleston, SC, but has been known to make himself available elsewhere, even out of the USA. He will also conduct weddings and recommitment ceremonies on cruise ships.
In keeping with Jewish ethics, if the couple resides in Rabbi Arthur Segal’s town, Rabbi will ask, unless there are some special circumstances, if the couple has first asked the local pulpit rabbi to officiate.
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