Egypt
New York Times (Andrew Baker)
- Egypt To Pay For Restoration Of Synagogues
Google / AFP Egypt will shoulder the costs of restoring the country's Jewish houses of worship said the culture minister Tuesday, two days after a historic synagogue in Cairo's ancient Jewish quarter was rededicated in a private ceremony. Farouk...
- Restored 19th Century Synagogue Re-opens
Google / AFP The 19th-century synagogue of Maimonides in Cairo's ancient Jewish quarter reopened Sunday after a nearly two-year restoration by Egyptian authorities, participants at the opening told AFP. They said some 150 people attended the opening,...
- Conservation: Egypt's Jewish Heritage
asharq alawsat (Zahi Hawass) There is a ridiculous story being circulated by malicious and biased media organs that claim that a group of Jews had informed UNESCO that the floor of the Maimonides synagogue in the ancient Al-Jamaliyah district of Old Cairo...
- Conservation
Egyptians conflicted over preserving Jewish past Associated Press / Google The warren of slum alleys is called the Jews' Quarter, but no Jews live there. The ancient synagogue still stands, but its roof is gone. The government is renovating it, but...
- Synagogue Restoration
An article on the restoration of the Moses Ben Maimon synagogue. http://drhawass.com/blog/press-release-synagogue-moses-ben-maimon...
Egypt
A synagogue in Cairo
New York Times (Andrew Baker)
One of Cairo’s most historic synagogues and a yeshiva, restored by the Egyptian government, is to be rededicated next week. Known colloquially as “Rav Moshe,” the yeshiva was the original study of Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, or Maimonides, the renowned physician, rabbinic scholar and leader of the Egyptian Jewish community in the 12th century. Accessible only by foot along narrow commercial streets, visitors today enter his yeshiva through the foyer of a 19th century synagogue built in his honor.
The 18-month project of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities involved a team of Egyptian experts ranging from art restorers to mechanical engineers at a cost of nearly $2 million.
- Egypt To Pay For Restoration Of Synagogues
Google / AFP Egypt will shoulder the costs of restoring the country's Jewish houses of worship said the culture minister Tuesday, two days after a historic synagogue in Cairo's ancient Jewish quarter was rededicated in a private ceremony. Farouk...
- Restored 19th Century Synagogue Re-opens
Google / AFP The 19th-century synagogue of Maimonides in Cairo's ancient Jewish quarter reopened Sunday after a nearly two-year restoration by Egyptian authorities, participants at the opening told AFP. They said some 150 people attended the opening,...
- Conservation: Egypt's Jewish Heritage
asharq alawsat (Zahi Hawass) There is a ridiculous story being circulated by malicious and biased media organs that claim that a group of Jews had informed UNESCO that the floor of the Maimonides synagogue in the ancient Al-Jamaliyah district of Old Cairo...
- Conservation
Egyptians conflicted over preserving Jewish past Associated Press / Google The warren of slum alleys is called the Jews' Quarter, but no Jews live there. The ancient synagogue still stands, but its roof is gone. The government is renovating it, but...
- Synagogue Restoration
An article on the restoration of the Moses Ben Maimon synagogue. http://drhawass.com/blog/press-release-synagogue-moses-ben-maimon...