Thousands of Jews left Syria in 1992, when they were allowed to emigrate. The visit by a small delegation of U.S.-based ...

DAMASCUS, Syria—Dust filled the air as Rabbi Yosef Hamra opened a long-sealed closet containing holy scrolls untouched since he last held Jewish services in the centuries-old synagogue three ...

Marking the first communal Jewish prayer in over three decades, a small group of Jews residing in Damascus, along with visitors from the US, gathered at the Elfranj Synagogue to perform the Mincha ...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA-- Bakhour Chamntoub is not what you might expect from one of the last Jews in one of the Arab world’s most anti-Israel countries. “This is what I love about this city ...

During the visit, the Hamras prayed in the long-neglected al-Franj synagogue where Yusuf used to serve as a rabbi, in what is still known as the Jewish quarter, in the old city of Damascus ...

in the Ifrange Synagogue in the Jewish quarter of Damascus's Old City. A security guard provided by Syria's new Islamist-led administration stands watch outside for the Jewish prayer. Syria's tiny ...

The overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria paved the way for a historic visit, with Syrian Jews returning from the U.S. to Damascus for the first time in three decades, hoping to rebuild community.

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

Rebels entered Damascus on December 8 ... including many Israeli and Jewish names. Anghel visited an abandoned factory where large quantities of drugs, notably the stimulant captagon, were ...

For the Syrian Jews who toured Damascus with the Syrian Emergency Task Force, the visit brought back memories of thriving Jewish life and hope for a better future For the first time in nearly thirty ...