Images
The Mouski in Cairo
(called Mouski because of its musk-perfumes traders), was one of the three entrances of the Jewish Quarter. Most of the Mouski shop owners were Jews, a few of them living in the Jewish quarter. (From the book “The Golden Era of the Jews of Egypt” by Levana Zamir)
Excursion at the Pyramids of Guizah
Excursion at the Pyramids of Guizah – Cairo 1943. (Levana Zamir private collection)
The “Louvetaux”
The “Louvetaux” – boy-scouts of the Petit Lycée in Alexandria – 1932. (From the book “The Golden Era of the Jews of Egypt” by Levana Zamir)
Hospital of the Jewish Community in Alexandria
The huge and famous Hospital of the Jewish Community in Alexandria Fondation Bekhor de Menasce. Was regarded as the best in the Middle East and among the best in the world. Beside the first class payable departments, it provided treatment to the necessitous for free, regardless of religion.
En route to Fort Napoleon
En route to Fort Napoleon next to Aboukir, 25 Km. east of Alexandria, where Napoleon Bonaparte left behind one of his cannons, after his short occupation of Egypt at the end of the eighteenth century. Aboukir 1930. (From the “Juifs d’Egypte – Images et Textes” Editions du Scribe, Paris 1984).
Rav Ovadia Yossef
Rav Ovadia Yossef, with Ahava Ve-Akhva students in Cairo, during his stay in Egypt, as Beith-Din member and Rabbi-teacher at Ahava Ve-Akhva, which was the biggest and the most vibrant Yeshiva in Cairo. (From the book “The Golden Era of the Jews of Egypt” by Levana Zamir)