(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 ...

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 ...

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It is one of the 11,000 manuscript fragments held at The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library – rescued from a 1000-year old storeroom – or Genizah – at the Ben Ezra synagogue in Cairo. The ...