Odette Angele Bentata WHEN my grandmother was born in Egypt, 95 years ago, she was named Angèle Israel. It was only a few years later that she came to be known as Odette. But Angèle — angel — was an appropriate name.
Odette Angele Bentata WHEN my grandmother was born in Egypt, 95 years ago, she was named Angèle Israel. It was only a few years later that she came to be known as Odette. But Angèle — angel — was an appropriate name.
Victor Nahmias Victor Nachmias, a Jew formerly from Egypt, living in Israel, attended the Jewish Arab Writers Conference in September 2004, and contributed to its success.
Victor Sanua Victor D. Sanua, Ph.D. a pioneer in cross-cultural studies of mental illness, was also known for his studies on American Jewish communities and the Jews of Egypt,
Hacham Joseph Hamaoui Founder of the Ahaba ve Ahava congregation in Brooklyn, Harav Yosef Hamaoui zt"l had a love for Hashem and His Torah that influenced anyone who had contact with him.
Mourad Farag Lichaa He was born in 1867 in a family whose hereditary occupation was goldsmithing. His father meant him to follow this tradition and provided with no formal general schooling,
Umm Kulthum in the Men's Section To ensure that the song and the praise of the Lord, blessed be he, should be the essence of perfection
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Mish Mish Effendi Sixty years later, Shlomo is entering the Institut du Monde Arabe (Arabic World Institute) movie theatre in Paris, with the cheers of the spectators. He is now 85 years old and he is the last survival of the Frenkel family as well as the last witness of an unusual and bounced story. The lights wane as silence follows the hubbub. Suddenly an oriental music bursts out from the loudspeakers whereas appears the animation sequences on the screen. Threatened with damage and decomposition the silver nitrate film has fortunately been restored. Norias are untiringly drawing water along the Nile River. Far away the Great Pyramid is outlining. A combined zoom and traveling effect brings us back to the foreground where we can see a little fellow hated with the traditional tarbush. Riding a donkey, Mish-Mish Effendi is singing how happy he is to meet soon his beloved Baheya!
Behna Films n the 1920s and 1930s, Jews occupied a pivotal position in the film industry. There were celebrated Jewish actors like Leila Mourad, Nagua Salem, Beshar Wakim; directors and producers like Togo Mizrahi, the Frenkel Brothers, Robert and Raymond Hakim; leading film distributers like Zaki Bonan of Behna Films, Jacques Cohen of International Film, and Elie Israel of Mathathea Films.
The curious case of a Cairo synagogue The first sign says it's a National Democratic Party (NDP) office. Another establishes it as a Ministry of Social Solidarity local unit. A third sign claims it belongs to "El Wayli Kindergarten." But really, the building is a synagogue, a Jewish house of worship.
Egypt Threatens US A top adviser to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak yesterday warned that the American administration "will lose much" if it continues to support Israel.
The Egyptian Government Paper Al-Akhbar Once Again Defends Hitler "No one was sorry when Hitler vanished from the world; hetook his own life, as did many of his ministers and[military] officers. They did it so that they wouldn't haveto see the faces of the old ape, Churchill, and the bigbear, Stalin, who would sentence them to death with no oneto defend them or ease their punishment."
Jews of Egypt Nostalgia of time fondles the memory of the Jews of Egypt
Cairo is trying to deny Jewish history in Egypt The Egyptian government has refused to release archives connected to the Jewish community to the Historical Society of Jews from Egypt, prompting the society to on Wednesday ask the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to intervene.
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Egypt’s forgotten Jewish literary heritage Despite a center dedicated to their preservation, government ministries have stalled, eschewing responsibility for what would be an expensive project to review and record the manuscripts digitally.
Lost 1,000-year-old Hebrew Bible found on dusty Cairo synagogue shelf Discovered by Meital in the Karaite Moussa Der’i Synagogue, the Zechariah Ben ‘Anan Manuscript (ZBAM) was previously documented in various publications by modern biblical scholars, from a 1905 Jewish Quarterly Review article by leading expert Richard Gottheil through to microfilms of the manuscript done by a team of Israelis from the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts in June 1981.
A common history The monuments and artefacts of Egypt's Jewish community have recently been registered with the Supreme Council of Antiquities. Sahar El-Bahr discovers a wealth of history, and ongoing restoration efforts
Alexandria's last Jews sad to see empty shul on Simhat Torah Inside the grand Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in this bustling seaside city, five mostly elderly women and a middle-aged man from the Jewish community here gathered Tuesday evening to commemorate the holiday of new beginnings: Simhat Torah.
Cairo's Jewish Community Stages Palace Revolt In view of recent developments, Bassatine News felt it necessary to produce this special issue to update you with the events of Cairo’s Jewish community during the week August 19-24, 1996.
The Egypt Game Memo From: President Clinton To: President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt
Egypt's Jewish Heritage is Disappearing This very important article deals with the state of the property, synagogues, libraries, artifacts, geniza scrolls, graves, and cemeteries of the Jewish community in Egypt at present.
Egypt rejected Israeli request to participate in Cairo Book Fair The Egyptian Minister of Education and Culture, Farouk Hosni, yesterday rejected an Israeli request to participate in the international book fair slated to be held in Cairo beginning on January 28.
Egyptian-born Jews forced to cancel trip to Egypt Egyptian authorities have cancelled the visit of a delegation of elderly, Egyptian-born Jews to Cairo from Israel because a local media storm made the situation too sensitive, Egyptian security officials said Sunday.
Egyptian authorities stung by charges of neglect over Jewish site The Egyptian authorities have been stung by a critical open letter issued by Egyptian Jews as president Mubarak visited Washington this week, and pictures of a derelict Jewish site appearing on weblogs such as Point of No Return. They are at pains to state that the site is not a synagogue but a yeshiva
Egypt's Jews bury veteran leader Egypt's tiny Jewish community, a frail remnant of a once flourishing minority, held a rare public ceremony on Thursday in memory of its veteran leader, Carmen Weinstein, but the country's Islamist leaders stayed away.
Israel honors 9 Egyptian spies After half a century of reticence and recrimination, Israel on Wednesday honored nine Egyptian Jews recruited as agents-provocateur in what became one of the worst intelligence bungles in the country's history.
The House of Yacoub Cattaui In the wake of Egypt’s modernization, which started with the reign of Mohammed Ali Pasha (r.1805-48), vast fortunes were conceived in the form of trading houses, banks and real estate.
Blood Libel in the Egyptian Press The criticism of the Egyptian government press, following racist remarks against US Secretary of State Colin Powell, as well as the continuous anti-Semitism has been only partially heeded.
Jewish Life and Imprisonment in Egypt Joe has vivid memories of his grandparents who were to him “like saints,” full of wisdom. Though they had little money, Joe says that they were rich with humility.
Remembering their flight from Egypt From 1948 to 1968, between 850,000 and 1 million Jews fled or were expelled from their homes in Arab countries, including Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Lebanon, Syria and Egypt. Some Jewish refugees refer to the shattering events as their Nakba, borrowing the oft-repeated Arabic word for "catastrophe." Others, particularly those who once lived in Egypt, call it the "second exodus," relating their experiences to the biblical Israelites' miraculous flight from Egypt. Most of these refugees, now in their sunset years, feel blessed to have escaped Egypt and grateful to have made their way to Israel with little more than the shirt on their back and - if they were fortunate - one suitcase.
Antisemitism Egyptian-Style The true face of the "honest broker" Egypt has attempted to present itself as an honest broker in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians and has sought legitimacy for its diplomatic efforts in Washington and European capitals.
WHY SHOULD WE BE SURPRISED? Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, launched a media tsunami when he declared the Holocaust a myth. I learned just how deeply embedded this attitude is during a conversation I had with members of my staff when I was managing a U.S. aid program in Egypt a few years ago. Sitting with me in our luxurious offices overlooking the Nile on a steamy, smoggy Cairo afternoon were three of Egypt’s “best and brightest” – all from affluent families, all with master’s degrees from what is arguably the premier international educational institution in the Middle East, the American University in Cairo. These were no ordinary proxies for the Arab Street; they were Egypt’s future leaders.
J'accuse Arab states at the United Nations vehemently oppose efforts to introduce a General Assembly resolution condemning anti-Semitism.
Egypt continue as a center for anti semitic publications The Arab hate industry: Egypt continues as a center for the publication of crude anti-Semitic literature encouraging hatred for Israel, the Jewish people and the West, and in effect justifying the use of violence against them.
elsamawbin_adiaa_poem A famous poem of Elsamouel Ibn Adia. about the pride of Judaism. They used to teach it in all the Arab schools in all the Arab countries. Extracted from the book of Mourad Farag Bey " The poet Arab Jews"
Karaites School 1920's "the karaite Jewish quarter, The wooden board with the name �Madrasat Al-Isra�iliyin al-Qarra�in al-Khayriyah� was replaced by a smaller brass one in the late 30�s
Prim Misrayim The following is a document "The Cairo Purim", which dates to 1524. It tells the story of a period of significant oppression of the Jews in the then-Ottoman province of Egypt,
PASSOVER BRINGS MEMORY OF ESCAPING FROM EGYPT Joe and Remy Pessah grew up a few hours' drive from the pyramids in Egypt and swam where the Nile kissed the Mediterranean Sea. Then their country turned against them.
Seder Tawhid There is an ancient custom here in Egypt that on the night of Rosh Hodesh Nissan they make in the synagogue with lots of people and great pomp Seder El-Tawhid.
Great Rabbis of the Muslim Empire In 657, when Ali ibn AbuTalib – the fourth Caliph to rule after the death of Mohammed – extended the Muslim conquest into Iraq, he was greeted wholeheartedly by the Jews there, then the most important of the world’s Jewish communities. ...