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Thursday, 6 December 2018

Jewish expat community establishes Dubai’s first synagogue

Dubai’s first synagogue is moving out of the shadows as regional attitudes towards Israel soften, Bloomberg writes. While some of the three-year-old synagogue’s 150 members are still hesitant to reveal its location or speak openly about its activities, the UAE’s recent tolerant stance has persuaded others to begin opening up about the house of worship.

The most-clicked links in Enterprise this week included:

  • Central Bank of Egypt’s announcement that it will terminate its repatriation mechanism (CBE, pdf)
  • Egypt scraps discounted customs exchange rate for non-essential imports (Enterprise) + what it could mean (Enterprise)
  • Infographic on 13 new rules, reforms and mechanisms the EGX has put in place since September 2017 (EGX, pdf)
  • Brown Brothers Harriman’s family business magazine (BBH, pdf)
  • For companies, it can be hard to think long term. Here’s a toolkit. (Enterprise)
  • Abraaj’s fall from grace prompts investors to sharpen due diligence (FT)
  • A worthy critique of how we broke capitalism (Enterprise)

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