Tag: Egyptian Jews
‘A great project for all Egyptians’: Egypt to repair synagogue in city of eight...
Alexandria’s historic synagogue has very few visitors. In a city once home to almost 25,000 Jews, Alexandria’s Jewish community is now said to number fewer than eight people, most of whom are elderly.
Originally built...
Egypt’s Jewish Community Struggles to Retain Its Cultural Heritage
Up until the 1950s, Egypt’s Jewish community was thriving, with as many as 100,000 residents. Today, only about eighteen Jews remain, most of them elderly women, struggling to maintain their community’s centuries-old heritage in...