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From Cairo to Cambridge: The remarkable journey of Ben Ezra Synagogue's hidden manuscripts
In Cairo’s famous Ben Ezra Synagogue, one of the city’s most prominent Jewish landmarks, a treasure trove of history lay hidden for centuries until its gradual discovery, piece by piece, and ...
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A historic synagogue creates tension between Egypt’s few remaining Jews and their government
In February, according to a Haaretz report, a genizah — a trove of once disregarded sacred texts — was discovered during excavations in a Cairo Jewish cemetery. But its contents were ...
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Israeli Hebrew didn’t kill Yiddish. As a new exhibit in NYC shows, it gave it a new nest to live in.
visited the University of Cambridge to familiarize himself with the famous collection of medieval Jewish notes known as the Cairo Genizah. President Weizman was introduced to the Regius Professor ...
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The Arabic Portion of the Cairo Genizah at Cambridge. (Third Article.): Saadyah Fragments
16, No. 1, Oct., 1903 The Arabic Portion of the Cairo Genizah ... The Arabic Portion of the Cairo Genizah at Cambridge. (Third Article.): Saadyah Fragments This is the metadata section. Skip to ...
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Life in Fragments: Stories from the Cairo Genizah
Series focusing on the Cairo Genizah - a collection of documents from the synagogue in Old Cairo that is thought to be one of the most signficant bodies of medieval texts being researched today ...