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Beirut Synagogue to Remain Closed Despite Renovation for Lack of Benches, Rabbi
MAY 23, 2014 3:15 PM
Beirut Synagogue to Remain Closed Despite Renovation for Lack of Benches, Rabbi | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com
Beiruts Maghen Abraham Synagogue was nearly destroyed during the countrys civil war and despite a nearly complete five-year, $5 million renovation, the Lebanese Muslim lawyer, the mukhtar, who represents the 400 remaining Jews in the country, said the community lacks a rabbi and there are no immediate plans to re-open the synagogue.
In an interview with Lebanons The Daily Star on Friday, Bassem al-Hout said he inherited the position held by his father since 1978, when the last Jewish mukhtar fled Beirut, and recalled visiting the synagogue as a child each Saturday.
Hout said his father owned a building right next to the synagogue. Before the war, Jews were our neighbors.
The synagogue, located in Wadi Abu Jamil, in downtown Beirut, was badly damaged during Lebanons 15-year Civil War that ended in 1990.
The construction is basically done, Hout told The Daily Star. But it doesnt have any benches or furniture.
The newspaper reported: Moreover, there are no Jewish religious leaders, called rabbis, in Lebanon to lead religious proceedings, Hout said.
The Daily Star said the Jewish community still plans to move a trove of historical documents related to Judaism in Lebanon into the synagogue.
Beirut Synagogue to Remain Closed Despite Renovation for Lack of Benches, Rabbi
MAY 23, 2014 3:15 PM
Beirut Synagogue to Remain Closed Despite Renovation for Lack of Benches, Rabbi | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com
Beiruts Maghen Abraham Synagogue was nearly destroyed during the countrys civil war and despite a nearly complete five-year, $5 million renovation, the Lebanese Muslim lawyer, the mukhtar, who represents the 400 remaining Jews in the country, said the community lacks a rabbi and there are no immediate plans to re-open the synagogue.
In an interview with Lebanons The Daily Star on Friday, Bassem al-Hout said he inherited the position held by his father since 1978, when the last Jewish mukhtar fled Beirut, and recalled visiting the synagogue as a child each Saturday.
Hout said his father owned a building right next to the synagogue. Before the war, Jews were our neighbors.
The synagogue, located in Wadi Abu Jamil, in downtown Beirut, was badly damaged during Lebanons 15-year Civil War that ended in 1990.
The construction is basically done, Hout told The Daily Star. But it doesnt have any benches or furniture.
The newspaper reported: Moreover, there are no Jewish religious leaders, called rabbis, in Lebanon to lead religious proceedings, Hout said.
The Daily Star said the Jewish community still plans to move a trove of historical documents related to Judaism in Lebanon into the synagogue.