'Sacred Trash': the ancient records of Jewish life in a Cairo synagogueBackground here.
In "Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza," Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole recount the discovery of a treasure trove of antique documents from 10 centuries of Jewish life in the storage room of a Cairo synagogue.
By Irene Wanner
Special to The Seattle Times
It feels like washing my hands to post a story about a real "treasure trove of antique documents."
UPDATE: Dead link now fixed. Sorry about that.