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Monday, May 01, 2023

Exhibition on the Afghan "Geniza" manuscripts

UPCOMING: A glimpse into the mysterious Jewish community of Afghanistan. Nex exhibition will shed light on lost Jewish community largely erased by Gengis Khan and Mongol conquest 'we simply knew nothing about,' says curator (YItzhak Tesler, YNet News).
In a few months, with the inauguration of the new building of the National Library of Israel, millennium-old historical documents belonging to the lost Jewish community of Afghanistan will be presented for the first time.

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