Avraham Hamra

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Rabbi Avraham Hamra (1943 - 2021) was a Syrian-Israeli rabbi.[1][2]

Hamra served as the last chief rabbi of Damascus from 1976 until he immigrated to Israel along with most of the country's remaining Jews in October 1994 when then Syrian President Hafez al-Assad allowed the last Syrian Jews to leave. In addition to serving and leading the Syrian community in Holon, Israel, the rabbi frequently visited the Jewish Syrian community in New York.[3][4][5]

He also served on the Presidium Council of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States.

He died in May 2021 in Israel, at the age of 78.[6]

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  1. ^ "Remembering Rabbi Avraham Hamra, z"l, a Quiet Jewish Hero | JDC". JDC | JDC is the global Jewish 9-1-1. We put Jewish values into action when the world needs them most. 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  2. ^ "BDE: Harav Avraham Hamra, Chief Rabbi of Syrian Jewry in Israel | Hamodia.com". Hamodia. 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  3. ^ "The Untold Story of Syrian Jewry; American Jews and Israel Joined in Resettling Syrian Jews {span}#i". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1994-10-25. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  4. ^ "Chief Rabbi of Syrian Jews Immigrates to Israel". October 18, 1994.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Chief rabbi of Syrian Jewish community dies". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  6. ^ Commons, Wikimedia. "Rabbi Avraham Hamra, last chief rabbi of Syria, dies at 78". The Forward. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
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