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Archive: January 2016

Turkey 2016: Every Rise has its Fall

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Yosef Lopez

Today we spent much time remembering what was. We made our way to Gallipoli which is on the Gelibolu Peninsula. Our first stop was a synagogue in ruin. A rotting wooden frame was revealed as the remaining skeleton of the kahal, scattered bricks, and over grown weeds and grass surrounded the ruins, and in what Continue Reading »