Elie Abadie is Senior Rabbi in the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities and Senior Rabbi in Residence of the Jewish Council of the Emirates.
14 Facts About Elie Abadie
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Elie Abadie is the former Director of the Jacob E Safra Institute of Sephardic Studies at Yeshiva University, with an area of interest on the topics of Sephardic Judaism, history, philosophy, and comparative traditional law.
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Elie Abadie is a member of the board of the American Sephardi Federation and the World Sephardic Educational Center, and co-president of Justice for Jews from Arab Countries.
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The Elie Abadie family moved to Mexico City in 1971 after the Palestinian Liberation Organization relocated its headquarters from Jordan to Lebanon.
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Elie Abadie received his ordination in 1986 from Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.
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Elie Abadie did his residency in Internal Medicine, and later his fellowship in gastroenterology at Maimonides Medical Center where he finished in 1995.
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Elie Abadie became a rabbi at Congregation Beit Edmond in 2001.
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Elie Abadie was the founding rabbi of Shaare Mizrah-Manhattan East Synagogue, the Head of School of the Sephardic Academy of Manhattan, and the Spiritual Leader of the Moise Safra Community Center in Manhattan.
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Elie Abadie is currently the President of JJAC and a member of the governing council of the World Zionist Organization.
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Elie Abadie is the founder of the Sephardic Academy of Manhattan and served as the Director of the Jacob E Safra Institute of Sephardic Studies, at Yeshiva University and college professor of Sephardic Judaism, history, philosophy, and comparative traditional law.
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In November 2020, after the signing of the Abraham Accords, which normalized relations between the UAE and Israel, Elie Abadie moved to Dubai to become the country's Senior Rabbi.
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In 2021, Elie Abadie issued an official condemnation of the Houthis for imprisoning a Yemenite Jew, Levi Salem Marhabi, for helping smuggle a group of Jews into Israel; dubbing it as a crime against humanity.
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Elie Abadie has received the Orden Del Merito Civil, the highest civil decoration in Spain.
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Elie Abadie has been married to Elise Eichler for over 36 years.