How a small delegation of US Jews got to Syria for the first time in decades
Visiting historic synagogues and praying with Torah scrolls that had remained intact through the country’s brutal, 14-year civil war, these Jews were celebrating a homecoming.
Syrian Rabbi Yousef Hamra and accompanying Jews visit the Frenc and Raki churches, the Maimonides Jewish School and the Jobar Synagogue, which was largely destroyed during the civil war, in the historic districts of Damascus, Syria on February 18, 2025.(photo credit: Bakr Al Kasem/Anadolu via Getty Images)ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
