US Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt took part in a rare group prayer with American rabbis and members of Bahrain's tiny Jewish community at the Gulf Kingdom's only synagogue on Wednesday morning.
The exceptional "minyan" or prayer quorum requiring a gathering of ten or more Jewish men was held on the sidelines of the US-led "Peace to Prosperity" economic conference in Manama.
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"This is an example of the future we can all build together," Greenblatt wrote on Twitter, adding that he prayed for his family "and of course for peace."
Bahrain's tiny Jewish community totals approximately 34 people, making it one of the smallest in the world. As such, minyans are exceedingly rare, usually happening only after a death in the community.
The only Jewish house of worship in the Gulf Kingdom, the Bahrain Synagogue in Manama was built in the late 19th century after Jews from Iraq, Iran and India settled in the country.
The synagogue was destroyed by rioters following the 1947 UN Partition Plan, which envisaged partitioning British Mandate Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states.
It was rebuilt in the 1990's and is run today by Daoud Nonoo, uncle of former Bahrani ambassador to the US Houda Nonoo.
