Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Beirut’s Synagogue Rises Again
photo:Beirut’s oldest synagogue will be renovated and reopened by 2010. (A Photographer in Lebanon / Flickr)
“Better than that: what remained of Lebanon’s 14,000 Jews (some reports put the figure at 22,000, back in the 1960s) managed to unite every faction in the country, including Israel-bashing Hezbollah, in support of a $1 million restoration effort […]
