Dar al-Bishi synagogue, which was once center of Tripoli's prosperous Jewish community, can be entered only by sneaking through hole smashed in back wall. Most of community's crumbling remains lie in sandy slum that used to be Jewish quarter

With Jewish school tuition fees per child reaching $20,000 a year, many families prefer to make aliyah and get free education. We met some of them onboard Nefesh B'Nefesh flight carrying 250 new olim to Israel