Libyan Jew Returning From Exile Barred From Tripoli Synagogue

David Gerbi, who went into exile in Italy at age 12 after the 1967 Six-Day War spurred attacks on Tripoli Jews, told reporters he was trying to resume cleaning at the long-shuttered synagogue, only to find its doors locked once more.

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A Libyan Jew who returned to the country in hopes of resurrecting its Jewish community after the fall of Muammar Gadhafi said on Monday that armed men had forced him from the Tripoli synagogue .

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