Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a Chabad emissary based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, was murdered by terrorists after being abducted in Dubai.
Kogan, a dual Israeli-Moldovan citizen, worked alongside Rabbi Levi Duchman, Rabbi to the United Arab Emirates, and other Chabad emissaries for several years in establishing and expanding Jewish life in the Emirates.
Among the many milestones was the founding of the first Jewish education center in the Gulf, and making kosher food widely available. Kogan was joined by his wife, Rivky, after their marriage in 2022.
As the wars have roiled the region, the store has been the target of online protests by pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters. Mezuzahs on the front and back doors of the market appeared to have been ripped off.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office called the killing a “heinous antisemitic terrorist act,” adding that Israel would do everything it could to bring those responsible to justice.
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have arrested three people involved in the killing of Israeli-Moldovan Rabbi Zvi Kogan in the Gulf country, the Emirati Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
A ministry statement did not give further details on the identity of suspects or their role in the killing, but said the ministry would use “all legal powers to respond decisively and without leniency to any actions or attempts that threaten societal stability.”
