Syrian Jews return to Damascus for 1st time in 30 years
30 years after they left the country, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry visited Damascus and read from a Torah scroll inside a synagogue • Full Story
Israel National News, Chanel 7
A group of Syrian Jews recently visited Damascus for the first time in over 30 years.
Rabbi Joseph Hamra, 77, and his son Henry, 48, visited a synagogue in the Syrian capital and read from a Torah scroll in the synagogue. This was the first time they had returned to Syria since the 1990s when then-President Hafez al-Assad allowed Jews to leave the country.
They met with the Syrian deputy foreign minister at the foreign ministry in Damascus, which is currently run by interim authorities appointed after the fall of the Assad regime late last year.
Rabbi Hamra said, “Weren’t we in a prison? So we wanted to see what was on the outside.” He added, “Everyone else who left with us is dead.”
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