The last Jews of Damascus: A journey through memory and ruins
Inside Syria's ancient capital, a lone Jewish guardian watches over abandoned properties while Islamist rulers patrol the ...
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Syria accuses Israel of stealing valuable artifacts from ancient Damascus synagogoue
(JTA) — Syria has accused Israel of stealing ancient and valuable Jewish artifacts from a historic synagogue near Damascus. In an official complaint filed with the United Nations Security ...
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The Utopia of Water and Greenery: Ancient City of Damascus
Founded in the 3rd millennium B.C., Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In the Middle Ages, it was the centre of a flourishing craft industry, specializing in swords and lace. The ...
Asia News6d
Ancient Antioch after Assad
The fall of the regime in Damascus has also led to a backlash against the Orthodox patriarchate heir to one of the most ...
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Torah Scroll rescued from ancient Syrian synagogue to be returned - report
In 2013, during the Syrian Civil War, Kahana visited one of the oldest synagogues in the world, the Jobar Synagogue, situated in the Damascus district. According to Jewish News, Kahana took a ...
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Celebrating Assad regime’s fall, Jews remaining in Syria calls on Syrian Jewish émigrés to visit
Bukhoor Shamantoub, a Jewish resident of Damascus (photo credit ... those whose families lived in Syria since ancient times and those whose families came to Syria in the 16th century after ...