Eliyahu Hanabi Synagogue

Syrians Working to Preserve Jewish Cultural Heritage

According to members of the Old City of Damascus Jewish community, and this observers friend, Saul, who claims to be the last Jewish tailor in Syria, as well as the lovely elderly ladies known as ‘the Jewish sisters’ whose apartment is near where St Paul, according to tradition converted to Christianity, this observer was served tea,  Jewish Cultural Heritage in Syria in being respected, protected and preserved with the same care as Muslim, Christian and pagan antiquities.