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Al Jazeera's Nayla Khoury reports on the redevelopment in central Beirut that is gradually destroying the city's Jewish quarter.The district of Wadi Abu Jamil has been almost deserted since Lebanon's civil war, and houses are being replaced by high rise buildings. With the neighbourhood synagogue in disrepair, some fear a significant slice of Beirut's Jewish heritage will be lost forever.

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Rabbi Elie Abadie speaking at "The Untold Story of the Middle East" conference

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Once a growing community in Lebanon, now less than 100 Jews remain in Lebanon.

Lebanon was once home to a thriving Jewish community, but its estimated that there are now fewer than a hundred Jews left in the country. So it came as a surprise when the tiny Jewish community announced the rebuilding of one of Beirut's historic synagogues. Natalia Antelava reports.