Libya’s Jewish graveyards were destroyed. They are being rebuilt online.
“I was horrified to see children playing atop the ruins of the Tripoli Jewish cemetery, scampering about debris littered with human remains,” says David Gerbi, who left Libya many years ago.
Libyan Jewish exile David Gerbi prays inside Dar Bishi synagogue in Tripoli October 1, 2011. Gerbi and his family fled Tripoli in 1967 when an Arab-Israeli war stoked anger against the Jewish state and led to attacks on Jews in his neighbourhood. Gaddafi expelled the rest of Libya's 38,000 Jews two (photo credit: REUTERS/SUHAIB SALEM)ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
