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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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 ...
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Ancient City of Damascus Municipality, Damascus Governorate, Syria
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Ancient Syrian Synagogue Opens to Tiny Jewish Community
In the Jobar suburb of Damascus, the ancient Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue ... He observes Hanukkah alone, the city's synagogues remaining silent as the remaining community ages.
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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 ... launched in 1981 to redevelop the area of one of the city’s ancient walls. Only in 1992 were Jews allowed to leave Syria.