Relevant Articles
Articles, essays, and research from scholars, journalists, and community members, chosen by JIMENA to deepen your understanding of Jewish life in Lebanon.
Articles
Tyre in Jewish History
Ancient Tyre and its ties to the kingdom of Israel.
It Took This Man 10 Years to Realize He Was Living in a Synagogue
A family lives in Sidon's abandoned synagogue, a reminder of a vanished community.
The Jews of Sidon
Two thousand years of Jewish life in the port city of Sidon.
Lebanon's Jews Recall a Lost Era as New Talks with Israel Stir Hope
Lebanese Jews remember a lost era, as new talks bring hope.
Michael Netzer: From American Superheroes to Israeli Spirituality
A comic book artist raised in Lebanon discovers his grandmother's hidden Jewish past.
Edgar de Picciotto: Banker and Builder of Israeli Science
A Lebanese born banker who helped build Israeli science in the Negev
Ariel Helwani Won't Back Down
From Beirut to Montreal: the Mizrahi roots of sports journalist Ariel Helwani.
By the Blue Sea and the Magnificent Mountains: A Family Memoir of Damascus and Beirut
A family's shared memoir of Jewish life in Damascus, Beirut, and the Lebanese mountains.
The Jewish Banker Who Put His Faith at the Heart of His Business
How Edmond Safra, born in Beirut, built a banking empire on Jewish values.
Esther Azhari Moyal: Writer, Journalist, and Feminist from Beirut
A Jewish woman from Beirut who became a pioneer of Arabic journalism and women's rights.
Leader of Lebanon’s Tiny Jewish Community Dies at 80 (Times of Israel / AFP)
Isaac Arazi, who led Lebanon’s Jewish community council and worked to restore Beirut’s Maghen Abraham synagogue, died in 2023, leaving a community of about 30.
Lebanon’s Jews Recall a Lost Era (Times of Israel / AP)
The Associated Press tells how Lebanon’s Jewish community, once 18,000 to 20,000 strong, dwindled to about 20 people after the 1967 war and the civil war.
