Date of source: Thursday, April 20, 2006
The
article reports on the visit the
Israeli ambassador in Cairo made to the leader of the Baha’i community
in Egypt, during which he
allegedly promised to support Baha’i demands for an official recognition of
their religious identity.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Jewish Community of Cairo chief Carmen Weinstein
dismissed in
an interview any link between the Jewish community in Egypt and Israel, adding that Egypt is a
safe country and its
leader is wise and deals most sagaciously with the Middle East.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Legal experts say the Jews are not entitled to claim
compensation for their property in Egypt on the legal grounds that claims must be made within 15 years of
the
original loss.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 12, 2006
The author recounts the history of the Jewish ghetto in Old Cairo and the
synagogues in Egypt, as well as
the activities of Jews who used to inhabit that ghetto.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 12, 2006
The author, in this introduction to a few articles dealing with Egyptian
Jews, reviews the
influence practiced by the Israeli lobby in the United States on American policymakers,
namely through the US
Religious Freedoms Committee.
Date of source: Sunday, April 2, 2006
Minister of foreign affairs Ahmad Abu al-Ghayt has told the People’s Assembly that the Egyptian Foreign Ministry respects the ruling of the Administrative Court, banning an annual Jewish festival held at the shrine of a holy Jewish man in al-Buhayra.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Ihāb ‘Abd al-Hamīd writes that unlike the Jews of pre-1948 Europe, Jews in Egypt lived side by side with Muslims and Christians and assumed positions of influence in a number of Egyptian ministries.
Date of source: Thursday, December 25, 2003
The Alexandria Administrative Court nullified the decision of the Minister of Culture, which classified the shrine of Abu Hasera and the Jewish cemetery next to it among Islamic and Coptic antiquities. As a result, the celebrations of the mulid of Abu Hasera, which takes place from the 25th of...
Date of source: Friday, November 28, 2003
The report of the Authority of State Commissioners on the lawsuit of the mulid of Abu Hassera in Behara ordered the cancellation of the annual celebration of the mulid and nullified the decision of the Minister of Culture, which categorized the shrine of the Rabbi Abu Hasera and the Jewish...
Date of source: Monday, September 8, 2003
The author comments on the activities of the “Jewish Association of Egyptian Jews,” based in New York. The association works for reclaiming the possessions of Egyptian Jews.