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September 9, 2024

The Golden Age of Egyptian Jewry

An influx of immigrants and an abrupt end.

Leifer tells a story of a mid-20th zenith of American Jewish flourishing that has now come to an end; in Egypt, the equivalent era of Jewish efflorescence began earlier, and ended far more abruptly. Gavriel Fiske reviews Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo, by Yoram Meital, which focuses on that golden era.

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