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Shaar Hashamayim Synagogue
Shaar Hashamayim Synagogue (Kenisset Ismailiya), at Adly Street, Cairo. A most impressive architecture, designed by the architect Maurice Youssef Cattaoui together with the Austrian Edward Matasek. Initiated and built in 1903-1905 by Mosseri family. Regained its splendor in 1981, after being renovated by Nessim Gaon (Genève), originary from Soudan-Egypt. The only Synagogue today in Cairo […]
Performance at the Opera of Cairo in 1947
Performance at the Opera of Cairo in 1947, of the play Esther from the French author Racine, presented by the young choir of Maestro Albert Hemsi. Art was not only a leisure time, but an important part of the Jewish Community education at school. (From the book “The Golden Era of the Jews of Egypt” […]
Layla Mourad
Layla Mourad, the most famous Egyptian Jewish actress and singer in Egypt since the early ‘thirties through the ‘fifties. Her father was the Hazan (cantor) Zaki Mourad. Here with the greatest Egyptian actors.
The ‘Jardins Japonnais’ Gardens
The ‘Jardins Japonnais’ Gardens, in the small town of Helwan, a winter resort 25 kms. from Cairo, where the Cairene used to enjoy their sunny weekends. Helwan – winter 1949. (Levana Zamir private collection).