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Dubai museum unveils Torah scroll in celebration of growing UAE-Israeli ties
January 30, 2023
A Dubai museum has put on display a Torah scroll which survived the Holocaust, further demonstrating the growing ties between the UAE and Israel.
The precious document will take pride of place at the emirate's Crossroads of Civilisations Museum.
It was unveiled during an event to mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Saturday.
Remembrance events were held all over the world at the weekend to honour the six million Jewish people murdered, alongside the millions of others, by the Nazis during the Second World War.
The Torah, which contains the entire text of the Five Books of Moses, is considered one of the most sacred objects in the Jewish faith.
It is on extended loan to the museum from the Memorial Scrolls Trust, the custodians of more than 1,000 Czech scrolls still intact from the Holocaust.