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Syria, Damascus and Jewish

After decades in exile, Syria's Jews visit Damascus

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.

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After decades in exile, Syrian Jews pray in Damascus synagogue

Syria's tiny Jewish community said they held their first group prayer in decades on Feb. 19, in a synagogue in Damascus's Old City, expressing joy at the long-awaited return to public worship.

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Syrian Jews hold 1st prayer in 3 decades at Damascus synagogue

Syria’s small Jewish community held its first group prayer in decades Wednesday at a Damascus synagogue, celebrating the long-awaited revival of

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Syrian Jews say held first group prayer in decades in Damascus synagogue

"After arriving in Damascus two days ago, I came to pray for the first time... after 34 years," he told AFP in the Jewish quarter of the capital's Old City. Hamra said he was the last rabbi to quit Syria -- one of thousands of members of the Jewish ...

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Syrian Jews' homecoming brings hope for reconstruction and a permanent return after decades in exile

As Rabbi Yusuf Hamra and his son Henry were visiting Damascus this week for the first time since emigrating from Syria to the United States more than three decades ago, they were met by former neighbo

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Syrian Jews return to Damascus for 1st time in 30 years

Rabbi Joseph Hamra, 77, and his son Henry, 48, visited a synagogue in the Syrian capital and read from ... during their tour of the old city of Damascus, including Palestinian Arabs.

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Return to Damascus: A Family's Journey to Reclaim Cultural Legacy

Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son, Henry, returned to Damascus for the first time since the 1990s when they fled Syria. They ...

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Syrian Jews hold first group prayer in decades in Damascus synagogue

“After arriving in Damascus two days ago, I came to pray for the first time... after 34 years,” he told AFP in the Jewish quarter of the capital’s Old City. Hamra said he was the last rabbi ...

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