Syrian jewish community
How a small delegation of US Jews got to Syria for the first time in decades
Visiting historic synagogues and praying with Torah scrolls that had remained intact through the country’s brutal, 14-year civil war, these Jews were celebrating a homecoming.
This week in Jewish history: Israel's first astronaut, invention of cardioverter-defibrillator
Damascus Jewish community unharmed despite rebel overthrow, Syrian Jew tells KAN
BBC sparks outrage over 'diverse' Syrian Jewish population claim
President Herzog hosts delegation from Sephardic Syrian community of New York
The delegation presented Herzog with a giant, beautifully engraved silver mezuza and the inscribed parchment that goes with it.
Transgender teacher outed, fired by Brooklyn Jewish day school
One week after landing a new job, Talia Avrahami was out of the job after a firestorm erupted about the fact that she is transgender.
Time running out in race to preserve endangered Jewish languages
The many endangered dialects of Judeo-Arabic have been documented to varying extents, from Egypt to Morocco, from Syria to Yemen. And some young people are keeping the music alive.
Syrian citizen arrested in attack on German man wearing kippah
Jewish family escapes from Syria, arrives safely in Israel
The rescue was organized by an Israeli-American humanitarian activist with the help of Syrian opposition leaders, the Jewish Agency and the Ministry of Absorption.
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