Archaeologists begin to assess what’s left of Syria’s Jewish history
The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened up a sea of uncertainty about Syria’s future — and about the treasures ...
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Auctioning Off Judaism’s Past
Culture / As the collections of Sir Moses Montefiore and David Solomon Sassoon go under the hammer today, what’s the future ...
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What’s happened to Syria’s Jewish relics?
About 100,000 Jews lived in Syria at the start of the 20th century, dropping to 15,000 in 1947. An anti-Jewish riot that year ...
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Old City
Originally built by King David in 1004 B.C., the walled Old City comprises four distinct areas: the Jewish Quarter (or ... the New Gate, Damascus Gate, Herod's Gate, Lions' Gate, Dung Gate ...
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Iran attacks Israel: How we got here and what might happen next
In the meantime it has led to fear and injury — a 10-year-old was wounded — as well as ... three senior Iranian military commanders in Damascus nearly two weeks ago, Iran vowed revenge.
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What has happened to Syria’s Jews and their relics?
The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has opened up a sea of uncertainty about Syria’s future – and about the treasures of its past, including the remnants of its Jewish history. A 13-year civil ...
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Christians in Syria mark country's transformation with tears as UN envoy urges an end to sanctions
A Syrian Christians woman cries, as she attends the first Sunday Mass since Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster, at Mariamiya Orthodox Church in old Damascus ... half of them Jewish Israelis ...
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In Mexico City, the enormous Deportivo center brought the country’s Jews together. The pandemic has separated them.
For 89-year-old Maia Wajsfeld ... Jews from Aleppo and Jews from Damascus; Orthodox and Conservative. The vast majority of the country’s 50,000 or so Jews live in the capital city, which ...
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Christians in Syria mark country's transformation with tears as UN envoy urges an end to sanctions
Read full article: Silver Alert issued for 81-year-old man with dementia in need of ... In another sign of yearning for normalcy, schools in Damascus reopened for the first time since Assad ...