Jews
Dead Sea Scrolls, free at last
Archaeology
November 10, 2011
Dead Sea Scrolls, free at last
The Dead Sea Scrolls were fated to a controversial place in history. After being secreted away in a cave, supposedly…
Searching for peace in ‘Ghosts With No Maps’
Books
October 20, 2011
Searching for peace in ‘Ghosts With No Maps’
The title of “Ghosts With No Maps” - Albawtaka’s second collection of translated short stories, published in 2011 - might…
Pope Shenouda: Modern-day Jews not ‘God’s chosen people’
Egypt
September 29, 2011
Pope Shenouda: Modern-day Jews not ‘God’s chosen people’
Modern-day Jews are not God's chosen people, said Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, in a…
In ‘Sacred Trash,’ a hidden chapter of Cairo’s Jewish history is revealed
Books
August 14, 2011
In ‘Sacred Trash,’ a hidden chapter of Cairo’s Jewish history is revealed
A scholar named Solomon Schechter traveled to Cairo 120 years ago to do what so many Western explorers, scholars and…
Egypt police disperse protest against planned Jewish festival in Damanhour
Egypt
December 30, 2010
Egypt police disperse protest against planned Jewish festival in Damanhour
Security services on Thursday dispersed a protest vigil held by members of various political parties and factions against an upcoming…
Tel Aviv City Council clash over proposal to add Arabic name
World
July 16, 2010
Tel Aviv City Council clash over proposal to add Arabic name
Tempers flared over a proposal by Tel Aviv City Council member, Yuaf Goldring, to add the Arabic name of the…
Lucette Lagnado’s ‘Man in the White Sharkskin Suit’
Books
June 7, 2010
Lucette Lagnado’s ‘Man in the White Sharkskin Suit’
El-Ragol Zul Badla el-Baydaa el-Sharkskin, Waqaea Khoroug Aeila Yahodia Men Misr ('The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: A Jewish…
Egyptians in Israel: Taking away our citizenship is impossible
Egypt
June 7, 2010
Egyptians in Israel: Taking away our citizenship is impossible
Haifa--Shoukri el-Shazli, leader of the Egyptian community in Israel, said it is not possible to strip Egyptians in Israel of…
The Jews of Egypt: A tale of love and cold shoulders
Archaeology
April 2, 2010
The Jews of Egypt: A tale of love and cold shoulders
Last month, Egypt finalized the restoration of the Maimonides synagogue in Cairo’s "haret el-yahud", its old Jewish Quarter. But the…