Kosher food to be available at 2022 World Cup in Qatar, rabbi claims

Israelis will be welcome to watch World Cup football in Qatar and Jewish fans will have access to kashrut catering, according to a New York rabbi.

Rabbi Marc Schneier, from the Orthodox Hampton Synagogue in Long Island, said he had been asked by Hassan Al-Thawadi, secretary general of the competition’s organising committee, to to help plan the 2022 event.

He told Bloomberg that he and Mr Al-Thawadi “have been in conversation for the last several months about certain ideas and initiatives he would like to implement to welcome and accommodate the many Jewish visitors they are anticipating at the World Cup.”

Bringing in kosher food was among those initiatives, he said, although he declined to comment on details.