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Libyan Jews

A picture shows the abandoned Dar Bishi synagogue in the Libyan capital Tripoli, Sept. 28, 2011. (Photo/JTA-Joseph Eid-AFP via Getty Images)
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Libya’s Jewish cemeteries were destroyed. They are being rebuilt online.

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA October 12, 2021

During a visit to his native Libya in 2002, David Gerbi saw something that he says still haunts him almost 20 years later. “I was horrified to see children playing […]

Stuffed Onions in Libyan-Spiced Tomato Sauce (Photo/Faith Kramer)
Posted inRecipe

Stuffed onions bursting with Libyan-inspired flavor for Sukkot

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer September 29, 2020
Tripoli's Corinthia Hotel appears behind the abandoned Dar Bishi synagogue in the Libyan capital on September 28, 2011. (Photo/JTA-Joseph Eid-AFP-Getty Images)
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Why this Bay Area Libyan Jew is worried about her homeland’s Jewish artifacts

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten July 25, 2017March 19, 2018

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