A Holocaust Exhibit in Dubai?! Ahmed Obaid al Mansoori STUNS Rabbi

Sorry. >> We're here with his excellency Ahmed al-Manssuri, my new friend, former member of the Parliament of the UAE and the owner and founder of the Incredible Crossroads of Civilizations Museum here in Dubai. Thank you for welcoming us into your museum. Thank you for showing us around. And all of it is extraordinary. It tells the story of all the world religions living in peace and in harmony, being welcome in Dubai. But in particular, the exhibit about the Holocaust is so meaningful. We're living in a time in which so many in the world are denying the Holocaust, are refuting the Holocaust, refusing to acknowledge the Holocaust. And here in the heart of Dubai in your museum is an exhibit about the Holocaust. Thank you. Please tell us how that came to be. Um the museum reflects the culture of the country. It's the culture of our people, vision of our leadership is to respect everyone and also to acknowledge everyone. So in happiness and sorrow, we should you know be together. And secondly u as you know we have we welcome you from all religious or nationalities here and this museum the cross of civilization it's an acknowledgement the of the importance and the beauty of each civilization of each different religions and different cultures and you know and how we share universal values within this. So we are highlighting in the museum the old good days the days of the golden ages the days where where people were together when the Jews and the Christians and Muslims were together working together and uh we believe that you know whenever there is peace with the peace comes stability with stability comes prosperity and then and when the prosperity prevails you know everyone will will excel. So in order to reach that you know uh the museum reflects the culture of the country the values of the United Arab Emirates the value of you know we have to respect everyone and how to make sure everyone can be welcomed as they are they don't have to change >> and the museum has the support of the government and of the leader I know this space was given to you to host the museum >> yeah I was invited to this royal house to uh to get to make the museum here because they said you know it protects the cult of the country and also they give me two more houses to continue this journey And and that's the beauty you know that you know uh and that it is the first museum uh that really reflects all civilization not only this the culture or the history or heritage of the country reflects all. And >> I saw in the exhibit on the holocaust that his excellency spoke in Avitz. >> Yeah. >> I saw his excellency was there with a Holocaust survivor. There's a beautiful picture of you giving a kiss on the head of the Holocaust survivor. What was that like being in Avitz with a survivor? It was very touchy moment and I loved his speech. He was very vocal, very and he explained what happened there clearly and also for us in our culture seniority comes with age and he's an elder person. So whenever we meet someone older than us, we kiss their head and he deserve it because he's a hero. He's someone who survived and also helping in preventing such thing to happen again. So and we learn from him. So when someone teaches you something, you have to honor the person and also when they older, you have to kiss their head. >> Amazing. Thank you for hosting us. Thank you for this museum. Thank you for your efforts and we hope that it gets exported from the UAE around the world that we can all experience not only the coexistence, the harmony, the mutual respect to recognize each other's histories, to learn from it, and to be able to forge a more beautiful. It's our duty and our honor to be part of it. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks.