Tensions over the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo

CAIRO GENIZA WATCH: Historic synagogue creates tension between Egypt’s government and few remaining Jews. The antiquities ministry has exerted control over the 1,200-year-old house of prayer it paid to renovate. Now the tiny community fears it doesn’t respect their ownership of the site (DAVID I. KLEIN, Times of Israel).

For the restoration and reopening of the Ben Ezra synagogue (source of the Cairo Geniza), see here and links. Follow the links from there for many more posts on the Geniza.

For more on the recently-discovered other Cairo Geniza, see here and links.

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