Eliyahu Hanavi i Alexandria var den
sista synagogan i bruk i Egypten.
Igår stängdes den av de islamistiska
myndigheterna "av säkerhetsskäl".
Det blir första gången på över 2.000
år som de Stora Högtiderna inte kommer
att firas i Egypten, berättar Jewish Press.
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Levana Zamir, head of the International
Association of Egyptian Jews in Israel,
said: “It seems this is really the end of
Jewish life in Egypt. The authorities have
found a way to take over the last Jewish
bastion, since all the remaining synagogues
are already archaeological and tourist sites.
It is very sad.”
This is yet another example of the fact that
Jewish life is becoming extinct in the Muslim
