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Libyan Jewish exile David Gerbi wants to restore his now decrepit synagogue that his family had to abandon when fleeing Tripoli in 1967, as Gaddafi turned against Jews in Libya, finally driving them all out by 1969 despite centuries of significant history in the country, while confiscating all of their properties. Now Gerbi, perhaps quixotically, sees hope for renewed Jewish inclusion in Libyan society, despite the heavy anti-Semitism that the Gaddafi regime fostered for four decades, a culmination of what had begun to develop in the 50s in various Arab cultures. |
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