The article is misleading as it implies that Jewish presence at Beit Romano began in 1980`s. Google Beit Romano and you`ll find the following:
In 1879, Avraham Romano, a wealthy Jewish philanthropist from Turkey, built a spacious and elegant house, known as "Beit Romano", that served as a family residence and hospitality center for the visiting Sephardic community elders. The building included a synagogue, called the Istanbuli Synagogue.
In 1893, funds raised among the wealthy North African Jews enabled construction of the basement floor of a community charitable institution, Hesed l`Avraham, that provided medical assistance and aid to the needy as well as hospitality.
When Rabbi Haim Hizkiyahu Medini came to the Holy Land in 1901, he was invited by the elders of the Hebron Community to serve as its Chief Rabbi. Rabbi Medini, called the Goan, lived at Beit Romano where he established a yeshiva for outstanding local youngsters. |
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