Skip to main content
Sensations English Logo
LEVEL B1+

Shadowing the newsreader

Listen to the newsreader read out each line and then practise saying it. Record your own voice line by line and submit your voiceover.

Hide View

Hanukkah is the Festival of Light in the Jewish religion.

This year the festival has been celebrated publicly for the first time in the United Arab Emirates.

This follows the UAE and Israel signing a new statement in September.

It is known as the Abraham Accords and brings peace between the two nations.

Hanukkah remembers God's miracles and is celebrated as a magical time.

This event is another example, for American Rabbi Marc Schneier.

Israeli businessman Gil Gurevitch hopes that it will have even greater importance going forward.

Gurevitch has arranged with a hotel in Dubai to take 50 rooms.

In addition, he's set up a kosher restaurant so that Jewish people can celebrate the Sabbath in the hotel.

He has placed the mezuzah at the entrance of the rooms.

In Jewish homes, it's a custom to locate the mezuzah beside the door.

Rabbi Schneier feels honoured to witness the first public Hanukkah in Dubai.

REGISTER NOW

Get videos, articles, games and study tools!

Learn at six levels from A1 to C1
Or sign up with your Email
By clicking “Sign Up” above you are accepting our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy.
Already have an account? Sign in

Sign up with email

Enter the following information to create your account.
All sign up options

Log in Or create an account

or

Forgot password?

reset password or login

Crop Image

Crop preview
Add to homescreen