Saving the Syrian Jewish Brides
americanjewishhistoricalsociety:
Our HIAS Archives Team writes a blog post every week about the amazing objects and stories they came upon while processing this important collection. Two weeks ago, Rachel Harrison, one of our HIAS project archivists, wrote this exceptional piece:
In June 1977, President Hafez el-Assad of Syria approved a plan where 12 young Jewish women would take part…