• The renovation of the Maghen Abraham Synagogue in downtown Beirut is nearing completion.
  • An artist decorates walls as part of renovation work at Maghen Abraham, Beirut’s oldest synagogue. Before the restoration work began.
  • Beirut’s Maghen Abraham Synagogue was nearly destroyed during the country’s civil war and despite a nearly complete five-year, $5 million renovation...
  • Ramah’s father Moise paid for the construction of the Maghen Abraham synagogue in memory of his father Abraham Sasson, who was buried in Beirut in 1897.
  • Chairs now installed at the Maghen Abraham Synagogue in Beirut, looking forward to welcoming the congregation!
  • The image of the Maghen Abraham Synagogue appeared Thursday on the page of a Facebook group called the Lebanese Jewish Community Council.
  • The Maghen Abraham Synagogue, built in 1925, was abandoned and closed down a year after the start of Lebanon's civil war in 1976.
  • Tucked away to the north of the Grand Serail, between Rue France and Wadi Abou Jmil, are the remains of the once grand Maghen Abraham synagogue...
  • Even places of worship have not been spared, as evidenced by the deplorable state in which restorers found the Maghen Abraham Synagogue.