Palmyra
Palmyra has been in the news recently because of its capture by ISIS. Located in central Syria, about 130 miles northeast of Damascus, the historical treasures of the millenia-old city […]
The Rabbinic Literature of the Scholars of Aleppo
Aleppo is Syria (which the Jews identified as the Biblical Aram Tzova and called, in short Are”Tz) was for many centuries, a center of Torah studies. The city’s Jewish community […]
Hanukkah Customs of Aleppo Jewry
The Jewish community of Aleppo Syria is one of the oldest in the world. The Jews of that community identify their city as the Biblical Aram Tzova and call it […]