On the Beirut synagogue
Lebanon was once home to a thriving Jewish community, but its estimated that there are now fewer than a hundred Jews left in the country. So it came as a surprise when the tiny Jewish community announced the rebuilding of one of Beirut’s historic synagogues.
Natalia Antelava from BBC reports on the Beirut synagogue in the video below:
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Posted: February 1st, 2010 under Cultural.
Tags: Beirut, Beirut Synagogue, Jews, Jews of Lebanon, Lebanese Jewish Community, Lebanon, Synagogue
Comments
Comment from shezshe
Time February 21, 2010 at 7:26 PM
i know where i’ m gone go tomorow! didn’ t know about it! did you know their was also a lebanese-jew blog but i think they stopped writing one year ago!it was quite interesting by the way, dont have the link anymore:(
Ps: thanx 4 ur comments 
Comment from Thousand Reds
Time February 2, 2010 at 5:18 AM
it’s a good step for rebuilding the tolerance toward other religions and minorities in Lebanon. By the way, Lisa (1:55) should be featured in you previous video about animal torture. That poor cat was nearly suffocating from Lisa’s kiss!