At the end of this week’s parsha, Moshe tells the Jews (29:1), “You saw all that God did in front of your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh.” Given that this speech comes at the end of the ...

(JTA) — In September, Egyptian authorities re-inaugurated Cairo’s historic Ben Ezra synagogue, which had undergone a year-long renovation. Despite having maintained the synagogue for years, Egypt’s ...

(The Conversation) — The Passover Seder commemorates the escape from slavery in Egypt. But then came the 40-year wandering in the desert – a story that resonates with much of Jewish history. (The ...

In his memoir, “‘Goodbye, Tahrir Square: Coming of Age as a Jew of the Nile,”’ Elio Zarmati tells the story of his childhood in Egypt and the events that forced his family to leave. Against the ...

Mid-20th century expulsion of Egyptian Jews ended millennia of history, culture; entailed losses exceeding $59 billion. During the festival of Passover, the story is told of the exodus of the ancient ...

A Seder plate is set on a table at the American Jewish Committee's diplomatic Seder at SMU's Meadows Museum on April 1. Liz Rymarev / Staff Photographer Passover is a holiday that remembers the Jewish ...

JERUSALEM — A fierce statement against Jews by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual guide drew criticism from an Israeli lawmaker Saturday, while a Jewish activist group called on Washington to ...

Some warned that el-Erian was opening the door for Egyptian Jews to demand compensation for property taken from them or left behind in Egypt and could even undermine the Palestinians' right to return ...

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