This year it was all about Syria.  I found it fascinating, not only to learn about the Jewish communities of Syria but also ...

Up until a few decades ago, this was a center of Jewish life in Damascus ... ARRAF: It's a controversial visit in the U.S., even in the Syrian Jewish community, mostly because Syria's new leader ...

"Ach, ach, ach," said the 77-year-old, dressed in a white shirt and black suit as he stepped gingerly into what had been a center of the Syrian capital's once-thriving Jewish community. Built more ...

The Jewish community was not targeted during the overthrow ... While there were around 100,000 Jews in Syria prior to the beginning of the 1900s, according to the World Jewish Congress, today ...