Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rabbi Yusuf Hamra, left, and his son Henry take pictures as they ...
Syrian-American Rabbi Youssef Hamra leads the first Jewish group prayer in Syria since the 1990s, in the Ifrange Synagogue in the Jewish quarter of Damascus's Old City. — LOUAI BESHARA Syria's tiny ...
A 2nd-century gate in the Old City's Muslim Quarter offers a glimpse into the capital's multilayered history -- and complex present ...
FILE - Rabbi Yusuf Hamra, left, and his son Henry take pictures as they visit the Al-Raqi synagogue in the old city of Damascus Feb. 18, 2025. The Syrian-American Jewish family returned for the ...
and his son Henry lookout an old scripture at the Efranj synagogue in the old city of Damascus Feb. 18, 2025. The Syrian-American Jewish family returned for the first time since emigrating from ...
Damascus cultural life resumes with concerts, exhibition We are open to all forms of art, says ruling official Artists were worried about freedoms under Islamist rule New rulers trying to avoid ...
Syria’s tiny Jewish community said they held their first group prayer in decades Wednesday, in a synagogue in Damascus’s Old City, expressing joy at the long-awaited return to public worship.
in a synagogue in Damascus's Old City, expressing joy at the long-awaited return to public worship. In the Faranj synagogue, Syrian-American Rabbi Yusuf Hamra led the prayer for the first time ...
After the decades away, Yusuf Hamra’s former Christian neighbors in the old city of Damascus recognized him on his trip back last month and stopped to embrace him, and share gossip on old ...
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. FILE - Rabbi Yusuf Hamra, left, and his son Henry take pictures as they visit the Al-Raqi synagogue in the ...