23 September 2007
September 23rd, 2007 at 11:36 pmTo our esteemed registered members and hundreds of daily visitors, we have been receiving many inquires regarding contradictory information about the Lebanese Jewish community between information found through this website and other websites. It is our intention to provide factual, objective, and truthful information about this community. However, we condemn the evident bias and propaganda aimed at distorting this community’s history and its very existence in Lebanon today. The Jewish experience in Lebanon is not reflective of the Jewish experience in Europe or in any other Middle Eastern state. It’s by no mere coincidence Lebanon is the only Arab state whose Jewish population increased after 1948- however its regretful that dozens of websites and venues documenting Jewish history overlook these truths and generalize the entire issue within the greater Middle Eastern context. It’s repulsive many coreligionists and even individuals from across the religious spectrum with political motives flaunt hollow and false statistics that Jews number less than 50 or 100 individuals in Lebanon today.
We don’t adhere to a policy of counter-propaganda, we believe in transparency and honesty. In the prelude to the upcoming Presidential elections in Lebanon, the entire nation clings on to hope and as per discussions with the Jewish Community Council in Beirut, this project and our very lives may be contingent upon those results.
This truth we hold so dearly and the barriers we have battled from the onset have only reaffirmed that without hope, we hold no future. For too long we have marginalized different communities for different reasons in Lebanon; we must understand and truly believe that our existence is contingent upon the existence of the other and Lebanon’s only salvation is through the unity of its people- we’re one family. Today in Lebanon, we have witnessed eight political assassinations within just two years, we watch Lebanon exploited mercilessly at the hands of foreign schemes and agendas and each day more and more youth are forced to immigrate for lack of opportunity, for lack of security, and sadly, for a lack of hope.
This project is dedicated to Lebanon, its children and its ancestors, as an example for religious tolerance and coexistence, a message for the world.
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TINO Said,
September 24, 2007 @ 5:41 am
we can and it is a duty to learn more about the jews in lebanon.
HAPPY SOIKKOT
Andrea Said,
September 25, 2007 @ 9:59 pm
Hello, everyone! Im presently attending the University of Ottawa in Canada and I am studying Jewish studies. I have a project to do on the Jews of Lebanon and was wondering if someone can tell me some information on heritage, locations in Lebanon, immigration or send me any kind of good links! Even basic, general info will be a awesome! it will be a great help!
Thank you
Ramzi Said,
September 26, 2007 @ 9:29 pm
Andrea. There’s an interesting book published not too long ago called The Jews of Lebanon. You can find it on Amazon.com. By browsing this site, you will also find a lot of interesting information. I also recommend looking at http://www.farhi.org, it has some interesting articles.
Jalloul Muhammad Rashid Said,
October 11, 2007 @ 9:46 pm
This project is indeed one of a kind. It works on a certain principle which is judgement and equality. The Jews of Lebanon have the right to live in their country, work in their country, and get educated in their country. No matter how much autocracy is expressed in certain propagandas, what’s right will remain right.