Images
Rabbis of Egypt
This unique picture from March 3rd 1945, gathers almost all the in function at the time. Center on the right: Chief Rabbi Nahum Effendi, Rav Aharon Shueka – from Ahava Ve-Akhva, Rav Yehuda Maslaton Cohen Trab – Av Beith-Din, Rav Shmuel Nefussi – later Chief Rabbi of Alexandria, behind him Rav Yossef Dayan, (Ahava Ve-Akhva). […]
Rambam Synagogue
Rambam Synagogue, called “Rab Moshe”, in Haret el-Yahud of Cairo, was built after Rambam death in 1204, next to the Yeshiva where Rambam used to teach the Torah, and where he was buried temporarily before being transferred to Tiberius. The Jews of Egypt used to pray for health, by sleeping a whole night at Rambam […]
The Jewish youngsters of Helwan
The Jewish youngsters of Helwan, learning Hebrew and Mizmorim Prayers at the “Talmud Torah”, established in Helwan by Joseph and Esther Azoulay (in the center). Helwan – 1947 (Levana Zamir private collection).
The Egyptian Zionist Giuseppe Yanni
The Egyptian Zionist Giuseppe Yanni. He was arrested in the fourties for his activities on gathering and smuggling weapons from the desert, after the German Romel defeat at El-‘Alamein (near Alexandria). (From the book “The Golden Era of the Jews of Egypt” by Levana Zamir)