"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 ...

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 ...

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