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I'll say! I hope someone has enough knowledge to fill in all these headings, because I certainly don't! (By the way, I don't think "Spanish Inquisition" should be a separate heading. It never operated in Syria, and the first we knew of it was the arrival of the expelled Jews.) --Sir Myles na Gopaleen (the da) 08:57, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is it right to mention the community of Beirut in the first paragraph? Or should there be a separate category for "Lebanese Jews"? --Sir Myles na Gopaleen (the da) 09:21, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Consistency

Also, would there be objections to change the date style from Jesus-based BC/AD to neutral BCE/CE, as commonly used in articles about Jewish history & religion. A relevant guideline is in WP:MOSDATE#Eras. Thanks. ←Humus sapiens ^ну? 04:37, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Quite a lot of the article is about present-day Syrian Jewish communities. There would be a case for splitting it into two, and having one article about "History of the Jews in Syria" and one about present-day "Syrian Jews". (I proposed the same thing on the talk page of "History of the Jews in Iraq"). Also, quite a lot of the history is covered by the existing "History of the Jews in Turkey", as Syria was part of the Ottoman Empire for so many centuries.

I have no objection to changing the dates. --Sir Myles na Gopaleen (the da) 09:23, 23 August 2006 (UTC) [Now done: Sir M na G}[reply]

Article now split: see Syrian Jews. --Sir Myles na Gopaleen (the da) 12:51, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Photo of Jews in Syria

This picture of Jewish pupils should be added to the article [1] it was taken in 1991 in Damascus. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 16:51, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merger

It was proposed that Syrian Jews be merged into History of the Jews in Syria. Please express opinions.GreyShark (dibra) 17:43, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Neutral - i'm not having any opinion on this just fixing the merger proposal.GreyShark (dibra) 17:43, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Against: the combined article would be far too long. Also, the "Syrian Jews" article mostly concerns communities of Syrian descent in the United States and elsewhere; these do not form part of the history of the Jews in Syria. --Sir Myles na Gopaleen (the da) (talk) 12:23, 13 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
No because it is an unhelpful suggestion. The focus of the article is on teh strong identity thatSyrian Jews maintained in recent centuries even while living in discrete communities in 19th century Egypt, 2ist century U.S. and many other parts of the world.ShulMaven (talk) 20:01, 20 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Overlap with Jewish exodus article

Please see discussion at Talk:Jewish_exodus_from_Arab_and_Muslim_countries#Overlap_with_.22History_of_the_Jews_in....22_articles. Oncenawhile (talk) 10:10, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Saul S. Friedman

@UApirate33: why is Saul S. Friedman "partisan source"? Could you please enlighten me? Dr.Pinsky (talk) 13:30, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No evidence for what he said. UApirate33 (talk) 01:30, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Number of Jews in Syria

Apparently there's a controversy about the number of Jews "currently" (2024, keeping in mind WP:RELTIME) in Syria, in relation to a BBC broadcast(?). For obvious reasons, sources for defining who is/isn't a Jew and is/isn't living in Syria should better be high quality WP:RS. Here are some of the sources that editors of the page seem to be referring to either directly or indirectly:

Jewish Refugee Blog, 21 Sep 2024, {{fv}} - I don't see any info in the blog item about the factual-type claim, though there's a comment that leads to the following Middle East Forum article;
Middle East Forum, by Sirwan Kajjo in (northern?) summer 2024 says Currently, it is believed that under 100 Jews have remained in Syria, including some that have either converted to Islam or married Muslims.
The Jerusalem Post (RfC on reliability, archived without closure) - 11 Dec 2024 As of 2022, there were reported to be four Jews left in Syria, the Jewish Virtual Library noted.

Boud (talk) 05:15, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]