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February 24, 2015

The Tomb of Ezra and the Fate of the Jewish Heritage in Iraq

The ongoing fighting in Iraq and Syria has caused the destruction of many Jewish sites—remnants of once great Jewish communities—and threatened many others. One of them is the tomb of Ezra the Scribe in Iraq, where the nearby synagogue seems to have been turned into a mosque. Lyn Julius reports (with video):

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February 24, 2015

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