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Superimposed over a map of Syria are photos of, top left, the author's sitaw (grandmother) Lily on the right, with her brother Sam and his wife and her younger sister in Lily's Brooklyn apartment in 1954. Center, Israelis demonstrate against the persecution of Jews in Syria and Iraq, 1953. At right, officials of the Great Synagogue of Aleppo, early 20th century. (Photos/JTA-Courtesy; National Library of Israel; Wikipedia)

Jews from Arab lands are the missing piece of the Israeli-Palestinian discourse

by Lisa Sayegh May 8, 2024May 8, 2024

(JTA) — I grew up in a small Syrian Jewish enclave in Brooklyn in the 1960s. It was a wonderful community with many old-world traditions. I missed it when I […]