Abraham Hamra, Syrian Jewish Advocate
"Our beauty is our diversity. Our beauty is that there's a synagogue that would pray in Ladino and then there's a synagogue that would pray in English, and a synagogue that's going to do it in Hebrew. How the Ashkenazis pray, or how the Sephardic pray. The beauty is that to be a tribe, is to be different, but then to be connected, like me and you."
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Show Notes
Abraham Hamra is that loud and proud Syrian Jew. But you know that already, don’t you?
Born in Damascus Syria, he emigrated with his family to the US after 1992 because prior to that Jewish families were not allowed to leave Syria all together.
Abraham has a superpower. He’s fluent in English, Arabic, and Hebrew. His social media posts in Arabic are impactful and just what the doctor ordered in taking on the lies of radical Islamists and their supporters.
He’s also a shareholder and the chief growth officer of Cohen Tucker and Ades, PC, a leading national immigration firm.
Since October 7th, Abraham has taken an active role in combating the type of antisemitism we have seen take the United States by storm. When I say Abraham takes an “active” role, I mean in your face, going toe to toe with anti-Israel protesters and the haters.
He also supports victims of antisemitism and makes videos fighting misinformation about Israel and Jews.
You will find him fighting back against Jew haters on social media. He also organized rallies and protests and regularly gives speeches sharing his experience as a Syrian refugee.
Brash, unapologetic, in your face, Abraham challenges the liberal notion that all Jews are white and he celebrates the true diversity of the Jewish People just by speaking up.