Exiled Libyan Jew says synagogue efforts blocked
A Libyan Jewish man who returned from exile to try to restore Tripoli's main synagogue says he has been blocked from the building a day after knocking down the wall that was blocking its entrance.
David Gerbi says he went to clean garbage from the synagogue on Monday only to be told by men at the scene that they had warnings he would be targeted by violence. He says they told him to stop his efforts. Gerbi, who fled with his family to Italy in 1967, says he was surprised because he had permission from the local sheik. (AP)
