Rabbi Yehuda Sarna is Chief Rabbi of the Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue of the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
17 Facts About Yehuda Sarna
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Yehuda Sarna is Executive Director of the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at New York University, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Administration at the Robert F Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and University Chaplain at NYU.
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Rabbi Sarna is a 2003 graduate of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.
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Yehuda Sarna teaches and lectures at NYU Abu Dhabi and regularly attends the Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace.
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Yehuda Sarna has been instrumental in building a strong and diverse Jewish presence at NYU.
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Today, Rabbi Yehuda Sarna is the Chief Rabbi of the Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue of the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi.
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In 2017, Rabbi Yehuda Sarna learned of a small, under the radar Jewish community that met for services every week in people's homes in Dubai, a short drive from Abu Dhabi.
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Yehuda Sarna began advising them on religious and communal matters.
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Rabbi Yehuda Sarna became Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Council of the Emirates.
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In 2016, Rabbi Yehuda Sarna was appointed to the Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council, a project of the American Jewish Committee and the Islamic Society of North America, which successfully lobbied for tougher legislation to address the underreporting of hate crimes.
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Rabbi Yehuda Sarna came to the UAE for the first time in 2010 at the invitation of NYU leadership.
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Yehuda Sarna was serving as the rabbi at NYU's Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life and was asked to assist in interviewing high school students seeking admission to the first ever class of NYU Abu Dhabi.
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Rabbi Yehuda Sarna is a member of the Council of European Rabbis, the Rabbinical Council of America and the International Rabbinic Fellowship.
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Yehuda Sarna spearheaded the campaign to build an Eruv in Lower Manhattan and founded the Downtown Va'ad.
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Yehuda Sarna is the editor of The Koren Shabbat Evening Siddur and the Orthodox Forum Series: Toward a Jewish Perspective on Culture.
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In 2023, Rabbi Yehuda Sarna was appointed Chief Rabbi of the Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue of the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi.
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Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, "We are guests in the UAE; let's be gracious", Jewish News Syndicate, Jan 18,2021.