Beirut's

Jacques Bassal said he always participated in Jewish high holidays at Beirut's Magen Abraham Synagogue, the spirit of which he missed even after 40 years of life in Canada.

Magda Abu-Fadil: Lebanon's Jews: Loyalty to Whom? BBC Documentary Tracks Vanished Community Magda Abu-Fadil 2010

Nanogenarian Moukhtar Itani said Beirut's abbatoir was overseen by a rabbi called Salamon, and doctor Nassim Chams, dubbed "healer of the poor," tended the sick.

Magda Abu-Fadil: Lebanon's Jews: Loyalty to Whom? BBC Documentary Tracks Vanished Community Magda Abu-Fadil 2010

Nanogenarian Moukhtar Itani said Beirut's abbatoir was overseen by a rabbi called Salamon, and doctor Nassim Chams, dubbed "healer of the poor," tended the sick.

Magda Abu-Fadil: Lebanon's Jews: Loyalty to Whom? BBC Documentary Tracks Vanished Community Magda Abu-Fadil 2010

Nanogenarian Moukhtar Itani said Beirut's abbatoir was overseen by a rabbi called Salamon, and doctor Nassim Chams, dubbed "healer of the poor," tended the sick.

Magda Abu-Fadil: Lebanon's Jews: Loyalty to Whom? BBC Documentary Tracks Vanished Community Magda Abu-Fadil 2010

Jacques Bassal said he always participated in Jewish high holidays at Beirut's Magen Abraham Synagogue, the spirit of which he missed even after 40 years of life in Canada.

Magda Abu-Fadil: Lebanon's Jews: Loyalty to Whom? BBC Documentary Tracks Vanished Community Magda Abu-Fadil 2010

Jacques Bassal said he always participated in Jewish high holidays at Beirut's Magen Abraham Synagogue, the spirit of which he missed even after 40 years of life in Canada.

Magda Abu-Fadil: Lebanon's Jews: Loyalty to Whom? BBC Documentary Tracks Vanished Community Magda Abu-Fadil 2010

This month, the Lebanese militia and political party, Hezbollah, overthrew Beirut's pro-Western Prime Minister Saad Hariri.

Unrest Rattles U.S. Approach in Region Jay Solomon 2011

So how is it that Beirut's political establishment, soon to be under the effective control of Hezbollah and under the influence of Syria and Iran, seems unanimous in its resolve to reappoint Riad Salameh to a fourth term as governor of the central bank?

Don't Bank on Beirut Bret Stephens 2011

Nanogenarian Moukhtar Itani said Beirut's abbatoir was overseen by a rabbi called Salamon, and doctor Nassim Chams, dubbed "healer of the poor," tended the sick.

Magda Abu-Fadil: Lebanon's Jews: Loyalty to Whom? BBC Documentary Tracks Vanished Community Magda Abu-Fadil 2010

Jacques Bassal said he always participated in Jewish high holidays at Beirut's Magen Abraham Synagogue, the spirit of which he missed even after 40 years of life in Canada.

Magda Abu-Fadil: Lebanon's Jews: Loyalty to Whom? BBC Documentary Tracks Vanished Community Magda Abu-Fadil 2010