US EditionSyrian-American Jews register first Jewish NGO in Syria to restore heritage
The Jewish Heritage in Syria Foundation aims to restore synagogues and recover properties, marking the first official Jewish NGO in Syria since Assad's fall, officials said.
- Syrian-American Jews registered the Jewish Heritage in Syria Foundation to restore Jewish sites and artifacts in Syria.
- Historical emigration reduced the Jewish community, which once numbered about 100,000, and most of the remaining about 4,500 later left, leaving synagogues and sites neglected.
- Henry Hamra has returned to Syria four times since the overthrow last year and was photographed reading the Torah at al-Firenj Synagogue on Dec. 10, 2025, noting years of neglect.
- Syrian Minister of Social Affairs Hind Kabawat welcomed the foundation and said it shows Syria is inclusive, while Hamra praised the new government as "very helpful" and requested authority to rehabilitate synagogues.
- Despite official promises of coexistence, some in the Syrian Jewish diaspora remain reluctant to return due to Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa's insurgent past and few minorities in power, with Hind Kabawat the only Christian and woman in the cabinet.
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Syria Jewish Group Recognition Shocks World
In a stunning shift, Syria’s transitional government has officially recognized the Jewish Heritage in Syria Foundation (JHS), making it the first Jewish organization registered in the country since its independence in the 1940s. The move comes under the leadership of Social Affairs and Labor Minister Hind Kabawat and reflects broader reforms supported by President Donald Trump’s administration following the overthrow of Bashar Assad. The registr…
Syria Registers Its First-Ever Jewish Organization
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One year after Assad, Jews carve out a place in the new Syria
A year after the ouster of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, the new Syrian authorities on Wednesday granted a licence to a Jewish-Syrian organisation that plans to work to return properties confiscated under previous governments. This comes on the heels of a Syrian-American Jew running in elections in the country for the first time in decades. In September, an American delegation of prominent rabbis and Jewish academics of Syrian and non-Syria b…
Syria Licenses First Group to Preserve Jewish Heritage in Landmark Move
Damascus — Syria has granted an official license to the country’s first organization dedicated to protecting Jewish heritage, the government announced Wednesday, according to Agence France-Presse. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor said the new Syrian Jewish Heritage Organization will soon be formally introduced on its official channels. Social Affairs Minister Hind Kabawat said […]
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