(Al Arabiya-Jerusalem Post) A video posted online by the Syrian opposition military council shows that one of the oldest synagogues in the world was severely damaged Friday after shelling by Syrian regime forces in the Damascus district of Jobar. The 2,000-year-old synagogue was built atop a cave that, according to tradition, was used by the prophet Elijah to conceal himself from persecution. The synagogue is said to have been built by the prophet Elisha and repaired during the first century by Eleazar ben Arach.
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