Egypt
asharq alawsat (Zahi Hawass)
- Alexandria's Only Jewish Monument Eyed For Restoration
Al Masry Al Youm Authorities in Alexandria are preparing plans for the restoration of the city’s only Jewish monument. The synagogue on Nabi Daniel street is one of Egypt’s most important Jewish historical sites. The scheme will be carried out by...
- 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
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...
- More Re Preservation Of Jewish Heritage In Egypt
Egypt Today (Sarah Mishkin) Fourteen years ago, the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) found itself in an enviable position: They had just won a $15 million grant to restore Egyptian antiquities. Antiquities in Egypt are not hard to find, and the...
- Preservation Of Jewish Heritage In Egypt
American Jewish Committee In Egypt for events marking the centennial of Cairo’s main synagogue, Shaar Hashamayim, an American Jewish Committee delegation met this week with Egyptian officials to discuss efforts to preserve the Jewish heritage in Egypt....
Egypt
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 is covered with garbage.
This group of Jews falsely claimed that Egypt does not look after its Jewish artifacts, and said that work to restore the Jewish synagogues had only begun in order to strengthen the position of Arab candidate Farouk Hosny with regards to being appointed head of UNESCO. Of course this campaign itself was only launched for ulterior motives prior the recent UNESCO elections.
On account my of position [as head of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities], I had no choice but to visit the Maimonides synagogue with members of the press and news reporters in order to show the reality of what was taking place inside the synagogue. We reached Bab al-Nasr [Gate of Victory] in Cairo…everybody rode through the narrow alleyways of the slums in electric buggies until we reached the Jewish Quarter.
- Alexandria's Only Jewish Monument Eyed For Restoration
Al Masry Al Youm Authorities in Alexandria are preparing plans for the restoration of the city’s only Jewish monument. The synagogue on Nabi Daniel street is one of Egypt’s most important Jewish historical sites. The scheme will be carried out by...
- 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
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...
- More Re Preservation Of Jewish Heritage In Egypt
Egypt Today (Sarah Mishkin) Fourteen years ago, the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) found itself in an enviable position: They had just won a $15 million grant to restore Egyptian antiquities. Antiquities in Egypt are not hard to find, and the...
- Preservation Of Jewish Heritage In Egypt
American Jewish Committee In Egypt for events marking the centennial of Cairo’s main synagogue, Shaar Hashamayim, an American Jewish Committee delegation met this week with Egyptian officials to discuss efforts to preserve the Jewish heritage in Egypt....