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Henry Hamra, a Syrian Jew living in US, running in elections for new Syrian parliament

If victorious in Sunday vote, the nephew of Syria's last chief rabbi who fled to US with his father in 1992, pledges to work ...
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Henry Hamra's historic bid for Syrian Parliament marks a new era for Syrian Jewish politics

Henry Hamra, who is running for Syria’s parliament ending a 58-year ban on Jewish candidates. (Right) Syrian President Ahmed ...
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Syrian Jews return to Damascus for the first time in decades, hoping to build bridges

DAMASCUS — If there is a verbal expression of heartache, Rabbi Yusuf Hamra uttered it as he stepped inside the Faranj synagogue in the Syrian capital last week. It was the last place he had said ...