A venture into Syria by two Jewish New Yorkers

Two Orthodox Jewish men from New York traveled to Syria at the end of August to see for themselves what was going on in the turbulent Middle East country, with a focus on the Jewish community, JNS has learned.

Moshe Klein and Dov Bleich, both in their late twenties, are successful New York businessmen who find inspiration traveling around the world. Klein said he had visited more than 100 countries, documenting Jewish heritage and communities, while Bleich said he had visited all 50 states in the United States.

Because Bleich has partners in the Syrian Jewish community in New York and Klein wanted to document the rich Jewish heritage of Syria, they decided to embark on what they told JNS turned out to be an “eye-opening journey.”

They flew from the United States to Jordan and entered Sy