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(JNS) — There was quite a buzz in Damascus the other week with the visit of a Jewish delegation that included members of the venerable Hamra family, whose members have served as chief rabbis of Syria. Even more remarkable was that it was openly cheered and welcomed by Syrians from all walks of life. This is not the first time that Syrian Jews have been welcomed back. In 2004 and again in 2021, during the Syrian civil war, then-President Bashar Assad allowed a group of New York Jews of Syrian origin to return publicly. The fall of the B...
