A Passover miracle: Special project, carried out with the support of Egyptian authorities, seeks to preserve synagogues, cemeteries and priceless documents left behind after Jews were expelled
"In Egypt, we saw evidence of something hopeful. The famous Ben Ezra synagogue in Old Cairo was closed for renovations, but two Muslim men sitting outside the gates greeted us with 'Shalom.'"
Before World War II, the Dutch East Indies colony was home to hundreds of ‘Baghdadi’ Jews from Iraq who emigrated to Southeast Asia. While most had left, their presence is still felt in the world’s most populous Muslim country
A Passover miracle: Special Project, carried out with the support of Egyptian authorities, seeks to preserve synagogues, cemeteries and priceless documents left behind after Jews were expelled