After decades in exile, Syria's Jews visit Damascus
For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the ...
After decades in exile, Syria's Jews visit Damascus synagogues
For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry returned to a synagogue in the heart of Syria's ...
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Syrian Jews say held first group prayer in decades in Damascus synagogue
Syria's tiny Jewish community said they held their first group prayer in decades Wednesday, in a synagogue in Damascus's Old ...
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After decades in exile, Syrian Jews pray in Damascus synagogue
Syria's tiny Jewish community said they held their first group prayer in decades on Feb. 19, in a synagogue in Damascus's Old ...
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After decades in exile, Syria's Jews visit Damascus
While the synagogues and Jewish school in the Old City remained relatively well-preserved, Syria's largest synagogue in Jobar, an eastern suburb of Damascus, was reduced to rubble during the ...
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First Jewish delegation in 33 years visits Damascus
Moaz Mustafa, head of the Syrian Emergency Task Force, emphasized the significance of this visit—the first Jewish delegation in 33 years—and underscored the new government’s support for the return of ...
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Syrian Jews' homecoming brings hope for reconstruction and a permanent return after decades in exile
During the visit, the Hamras prayed in the long-neglected al-Franj synagogue where Yusuf used to serve as a rabbi, in what is still known as the Jewish quarter, in the old city of Damascus ...
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Syrian Jews say held first group prayer in decades in Damascus synagogue
in the Ifrange Synagogue in the Jewish quarter of Damascus's Old City. — LOUAI BESHARA Syria's tiny Jewish community said they held their first group prayer in decades Wednesday, in a synagogue in ...
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Syria's Jews Return: A Touching Homecoming in Damascus
Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry return to Damascus and read from a Torah scroll in the heart of Syria. The event marks a poignant homecoming, highlighting the long absence of Syria's Jewish ...