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# Beirut's Oldest Synagogue Getting Restored
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/beirut-synagogue/
- Published: 2010-12-17T13:52:15.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:37:45.000Z
- Description: Al-Jazeera reports [http://english.aljazeera.net/photo_galleries/middleeast/2010113011444886787.html] that the once vibrant center of Jewish life in Beirut, Lebanon, and the city's largest and oldest surving synagogue, Magen Abraham is being restored by private donations, including from local Muslim
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: News, #image-position-hidden, Architecture, Beirut, Lebanon, multiculturalism, restoration, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-17 09:23 (2009-2011)

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Al-Jazeera [reports](http://english.aljazeera.net/photo%5Fgalleries/middleeast/2010113011444886787.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) that the once vibrant center of Jewish life in Beirut, Lebanon, and the city’s largest and oldest surving synagogue, Magen Abraham is being restored by private donations, including from local Muslims.

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