Who is Ali Hassan Haliwa?
A millennium old and embossed with gold.
Virtual visits to the synagogues of Damascus, Aleppo, and Tripoli.
Remnants of Jewish life in Kurdistan.
The late president helped bring Jews to the land of Israel.
Escaping both tyranny and a shortage of eligible bachelors.
Despite war and looting.
Publishing prayers and rituals for the first time.
According to Josephus, the city was built by King Solomon.
An interview with the man who wrote the book on the Aleppo Codex.
Jerusalem’s Ades synagogue was constructed at the beginning of the 20th century for a community of Jews from Aleppo. Its woodwork reflects its congregants’ Syrian. . .
In ancient times, Syria was home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the diaspora; most of its Jews departed during the 20th century,. . .