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Episode 7: THE RESCUE OF THE JEWS OF SYRIA 1970-1994

This episode of The Syrian Jewish Community: Our Journey Through History documentary series tells the story of the harsh and restrictive life of the Jews who were still trapped in Syria, the international human rights response to their plight, and how the Sephardic community in Brooklyn came together to help free them. It includes the story of the proxy brides, a handful of young women permitted to leave Syria in 1977, and how the Council for the Rescue of Syrian Jews, a community organization in Brooklyn, fought triumphantly to free the remaining Syrian Jews, who were finally allowed to leave in 1992. And we learn how Sephardic Bikur Holim, a charitable organization in Brooklyn, galvanized the community to support and welcome the new arrivals.

Traveling Museum at Beth Torah 

Feb 7-9

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Syrian Jewish History Timeline

  • Biblical Times
  • 950 BCE
  • 630s
  • 929
  • 1375
  • 1400s
  • 1492
  • 1527
  • 1565 c.
  • 1665
  • 1732
  • 1760 c.
  • 1840
  • 1869
  • 1892
  • 1909
  • 1911-1912
  • 1918
  • 1930s
  • 1935
  • 1944
  • 1945
  • 1946
  • 1947
  • 1948
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  • 1950
  • 1951
  • 1956
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  • 1967
  • 1972
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  • 1975
  • 1980s
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1994

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