Syria, once home to a large Jewish community, takes steps to return property to Jews

Syrian-American cantor Henry Hamra at the Central Synagogue of Aleppo, once the center of a thriving Jewish community in the northern Syrian city. The Syrian government transferred control of Jewish sites in December to Hamra

A Jewish heritage foundation has set out to help restore private property appropriated after Syrian Jews left the country.

(Image credit: Jane Arraf)