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Cooking kosher in Damascus, a complicated matter for Syria's Jewish community

Syria's small Jewish community has struggled to maintain kosher traditions after it dwindled in size, relying on imported meat and individual effort to keep centuries-old practices alive in Damascus.

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00:01In old Damascus, the head of the Jewish community in Syria is looking to save a centuries-old heritage,
00:08the Jewish slaughtering practice of animals known as kosher.
00:11So what is kosher, and what makes it so complex?
00:16The kosher is a Jewish man.
00:23It's a Jewish man.
00:24It's a Jewish man.
00:28It's not a Jewish man.
00:37It's a Jewish man.
00:41It's a Jewish man.
00:43This is a Jewish man, it's a Jewish man.
00:44It's a Jewish man, not a Jewish man.
00:47In a Jewish man, it's so that way.
00:51If you like to love the людspers of the village,
00:52it's not exactly why we love this man.
00:53But, it's like this man, there's a Jewish man.
00:57If he comes to an exile, he'll be able to make it from the left.
01:02But it's easy to let go.
01:07Now we are looking for a Jewish man,
01:09They go to the church and they go to the church and they go to the church and they put
01:15it in the church.
01:17Community members rely on meat imported from Turkey and the U.S. or brought by Jewish tourists visiting Syria.
01:24The government is a huge supply. The government is a huge supply chain.
01:33Now the U.S. is a huge supply chain that is running for the Jews.
02:00Despite security and economic hurdles, Bakhour Shaman Toub is hoping to acquire a new Jewish
02:05butcher where together they'd look to save serious kosher traditions.
02:11Bakhour Shaman Toub.
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