Posts Tagged: Egyptian Jews
Egyptian Historian: The Muslim Brotherhood Bears Much of the Responsibility for the Fleeing of the Jews from Egypt
An Egyptian historian has placed much of the blame for the flight of Egyptian Jews in the first half of the 20th century on the...
Islamic Jihad Threatens Jews Who Return to Egypt: “Islamic Sharia Says They Deserve to be Killed”
The Islamic Jihad terror movement has vowed to kill any Jews that return to Egypt. In statements reported by the Egypt Independent Mohamed Abou Samra,...
Egyptian Constitution Draft Committee Member Leads Protest Against Inclusion of Word “Jew”
A member of the Egyptian committee that drafted the country's draft constitution held a rally late last week to protest the inclusion of the word...
Refugee-Turned-Activist Seeks Attention for Plight of Egyptian Jews
NEW YORK—For Levana Vidal Zamir, it was a "good childhood"—until May 14, 1948. At midnight, she recalls, Egyptian officers rampaged through her family's house and...
34 Signs of Being a Sephardi/Mizrahi Jew
I just love being Sephardi (my family is originally Turkish). In fact, I find it to be one of the simple pleasures in life!...
Egyptian Synagogue Will Hold Jewish High Holiday Services
Youssef Gaon, the caretaker of the centuries-old Eliyahu Hanavi synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt, has refuted earlier reports in Israel that Egyptian authorities planned...
Israel Pushing for UN Summit on Jewish Refugees
Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon has been pushing for the UN to hold a summit in September on the issue of Jewish refugees...
