Jewish Telegraphic Agency1y
Egypt’s president: ‘Jews in Egypt … have never been subjected to any form of oppression’
“And Jews who used to live here in Egypt [had] not ever suffered from oppression and persecution… As a matter of fact, the Jews were never targeted … throughout the whole history.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency1y
A historic synagogue creates tension between Egypt’s few remaining Jews and their government
Despite having maintained the synagogue for years, Egypt’s few remaining Jews were conspicuously not invited. In February, according to a Haaretz report, a genizah — a trove of once ...
Concord Monitor3dOpinion
Opinion: The Jewish case against mass deportations and concentration camps
As a secular Jew, I would not pretend to have any great knowledge of Jewish theology. I was bar mitzvahed and confirmed in ...
Jewish Press4d
First Pharaoh’s Tomb in Over a Century Discovered, Reigned 50 Years before the Exodus
Jewish chronologists believe the Pharaoh who enslaved the Israelites was Thutmose III, who ruled from around 1479 BCE to 1445 BCE.
PBS2mon
In the first century AD, Jews lived across the Roman Empire in relative harmony.
By the beginning of the first century AD, Jews had spread from their homeland in Judaea across the Mediterranean and there were major Jewish communities in Syria, Egypt, and Greece. Practicing a ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs10mon
American universities: Columbia students address press, congressmen propose antisemitism monitors
Every time Pharaoh refused to release the ancient Hebrews, Egypt was met with a plague with Pharaoh finally agreeing to release the slaves after all the firstborn babies died. The student said the ...
BBC4y
What is Passover?
During Passover, Jews remember how their ancestors left slavery behind them when they were led out of Egypt by Moses. Passover is celebrated with a series of rituals. Each ritual symbolises a ...