Tag: Egypt
Palestinian caught trying to smuggle rare, ancient coins from Gaza
Security personnel on Sunday caught a Palestinian man trying to smuggle rare coins, thought to be from the time of Alexander the Great, from the Gaza Strip into Israel, the Defense Ministry said Sunday.
Officials...
U.S. Jewish leaders slam massacre of Egyptian Christians
“These brutal acts are criminal and must be stopped,” Malcolm Hoenlein, CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, said. “The Conference stands in solidarity with the government of Egypt, the...
Thousands of medieval documents and Jewish books waiting to be rescued in Cairo
Inside a library of a synagogue in downtown Cairo, hundreds of Judaic books dating from the medieval ages to 20th century are shelved, unread and un-indexed.
Despite a center dedicated to their preservation, government ministries...