Starting Anew

Rabbi Chaim Duweik the last Chief Rabbi of Egypt waiting in a Paris Hotel for a Visa to start life anew in Brooklyn USA. Article from the A.P.

The Egyptian Jews

Austin State Sept 6, 1968

Secret negitiations conducted by Spain have resulted in freeing several hundred Jewish families from Egypt ...

Report Indicates Jews Can Not Leave Egypt

The Jewish Herals Voice Oct 10, 1968

The Egyptian Government in a decision reportedly made by President Nasser personally, has decided to ban the departure from Egypt of all Jews still in Egypt...

The 1945 Riots in Egypt

Washington Post December 5, 1975

In his letter to the Post (November 25) Muhammed Rauf Claims that the riots in Egypt in 1945 were a "minor incident arising from a dispute between a Jewish merchant and his customer."....

Egypt's Synagogues

Baltimor Jewish Time

Thirty four years ago, Mary Gabbai locked the door of her home in Alexandria in Egypt, just as she would have any other day. Mary, then only 16, was not going shopping or heading out for an outing. She was about to begin a modern version of the Exodus to the Promised Land....

Egypt's Dwindling Jews Celebrate a Rare Wedding

The New York Times August 21, 1984

Benoit Salem and Fabienne Rousseau exchanged marriage vows recently in what was an especially joyous occasion...The first Jewish wedding in Egypt in 19 years....

Egyptian Jews Tolerated, but....

The Austin American Statesman, March 25, 1973

Like most Egyptian Nathan Abraham Moses rises early each morning to get to todays work...