Assad's troops destructed one of the oldest synagogues in the world, according to a video on YOUTUBE was published by Syrian rebels.
Jobar's synagogue was a 2,000-year-old synagogue located in the suburb of Jobar, Damascus. It was built in commemoration of the biblical prophet Elijah, and has been a place of Jewish pilgrimage for many centuries. It also is the burial-place of a wonder-working sage of the sixteenth century. One of the world's oldest synagogues.
An expert on Jewish sites in Syria wrote in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that the damage was probably much less than reported.
An expert on Jewish sites in Syria wrote in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that the damage was probably much less than reported.
Zaman Alwasl
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