Egypt begins restoring Mideast's oldest synagogue

CAIRO: Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities has started a project to restore Cairo’s Temple of Ben Ezra. “It is of great importance as it is the oldest synagogue in Egypt and the Middle East,” said the council’s Secretary-General Mostafa Waziri. Osama Talaat, head of the council’s Islamic, Coptic and Jewish Antiquities Sector, said: “The temple was named after Ezra, the

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