Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Syrian Jews Return to Damascus

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the heart of Syria's capital Damascus, carefully passing their thumbs over the handwritten text as if still in awe they were back home. The father and son fled Syria in the 1990s, after then-Syrian president Hafez al-Assad lifted a travel ban on the country's historic Jewish community, which had faced decades of restrictions including on owning property or holding jobs.

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DAMASCUS (Reuters) - For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the heart of Syria's capital Damascus, carefully passing their thumbs over the handwritten text as if still in awe they were back home.

The father and son fled Syria in the 1990s, after then-Syrian president Hafez al-Assad lifted a travel ban on the country's historic Jewish community, which had faced decades of restrictions including on owning property or holding jobs.

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Who ------- cares?

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-02-19 03:13 PM

"Who ------- cares?"

The jews who were run out of Syria.

I think they may care.

You seem a little miffed the ovens didn't solve this problem.

#2 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-02-19 03:56 PM

We'll likely be seeing more of this sort of thing as Trump's Abraham Accords are expanded to include more ME states.

Plus, the Jews in Israel are ready to start building the 3rd Temple, complete with animal sacrifices.

And then they can all sit around and relax at the Trump Gaza Casino and Hotel and hold hands.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2025-02-19 04:25 PM

I'm miffed a ------- ------ living in Berlin gets to post here, you stupid ----.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-02-19 09:49 PM

Fraud

#5 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-02-20 08:30 AM

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