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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).
Eliahu Hanavi Synagogue
Eliahu Hanavi Synagogue, at Nebi Daniel Street, in Alexandria. The biggest, the most impressive and the most antique Synagogue of Alexandria. Is registered since 1987 as a Jewish Egyptian Antiquity. Is well maintained by the few remnants of the Jewish Community in Alexandria, and the only Alexandrian Synagogue holding Services in the Jewish holidays. (From […]
‘Shahadet Zawag’
‘Shahadet Zawag’ – Certificat de mariage, issued in Cairo in 1943 and signed by the Chief Rabbi of Egypt, Haim Nahum Effendi, testifying that Nessim Cohen-Sabban married Mlle. Zohra Cohen, in June 21st 1894. (Levana Zamir private collection).
