Fewer Than 10 Jews Live in Syria. A Diaspora Is Edging Back.
Dust filled the air as Rabbi Yosef Hamra opened a long-sealed closet containing holy scrolls untouched since he last held ...
Syria's remaining Jews join Americans for first prayer in Damascus synagogue in 30 years
Over the past decades, the number of Jews in Syria decreased from about five thousand to seven elderly individuals.
Syrian Jews’ homecoming brings hope for reconstruction and a permanent return after decades in exile
As Rabbi Yusuf Hamra and his son Henry were visiting Damascus this week for the first time since emigrating from Syria to the ...
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‘Excited Jews are coming back’: US Jewish group receives warm welcome in Syria
Delegation of American Jews visits Damascus for first time since Assad regime's fall, finding hospitality but Jewish sites in ...
Syrian Suspect in Berlin Holocaust Memorial Stabbing Wanted to Kill Jews, Investigators Say
Investigators say the suspect in a stabbing attack at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial that left a Spanish tourist seriously ...
New head of Syria’s tiny Jewish community thrives despite uncertainty
Bakhour Chamntoub was recently appointed as the head of Syria’s Jewish community by the new Syrian government of Ahmed ...
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 ...
Syrian refugee arrested for stabbing tourist in Berlin planned 'to kill Jews,' prosecutors say
Berlin Police say that the attacker is still at large, and sealed off the area surrounding the Holocaust Memorial has been ...
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Syrian Jews hold 1st prayer in 3 decades at Damascus synagogue
Syria’s small Jewish community held its first group prayer in decades Wednesday at a Damascus synagogue, celebrating the long ...
Syrian refugee arrested after Berlin stabbing as Germany prepares to vote
The suspect appeared to have been planning to kill Jews for several weeks, apparently motivated by the Middle East conflict, ...
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Syrian Jews hope for revival of ancient heritage
Damascus (AFP) – Syria's tiny Jewish community and Syrian Jews abroad are trying to build bridges after Bashar al-Assad's ouster in the hope of reviving their ancient heritage before the ...
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Syrian Jews' homecoming brings hope for reconstruction and a permanent return after decades in exile
The Syrian-American Jewish family returned as part of a delegation organized by the Syrian Emergency Task Force, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization, in the wake of the fall of the government of ...