27-03-2017 13:16 via yahoo.com

Egypt's last Jews aim to keep alive heritage

Once a flourishing community, only a handful of Egyptian Jews, mostly elderly women, remain in the Arab world's most populous country, aiming at least to preserve their heritage.Egypt still has about a dozen synagogues, but like many of the country's monuments they need restoration.Part of the roof of a synagogue in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria caved in last year.
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