Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will recount it to thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. (Deuteronomy 32:7)
This organization shall be known as HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF JEWS FROM EGYPT, and not of Egypt or of Egyptian Jews, but FROM EGYPT
An Expulsion with a Pledge to Never Return
Recommended Reading
Egyptian Jewry under the Nasser Regime, 1956-70. (139k)
EGYPTIAN JEWRY UNDER THE NASSER REGIME1956-70..pdf
By; Michael M. Laskier
The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry
Egyptian Jewish Identities.pdf
By; Joel Beinin
Why Jews Fled the Arab Countries.
by Ya'akov Meron
Middle East Quarterly
The policy of sequestration and confiscation was in effect from 1948-1967. During the war of 1967 many Jews were mistreated and placed in jails for no reason other than they are of the Jewish faith. Egypt has yet to apologize.
Today, with a handful of Jews left in all of Egypt, our request to salvage and rescue our heritage and religious articles has been denied by Egypt stating it all has been placed under the auspices of the department of Antiquities, and therefore may not leave Egypt.
Egypt officially denied that any request has been made despite our numerous letters,to President Mubarak including thousands of petitions to release our Judaic articles from Egypt. Numerous articles in the media have been disregarded.
Featured in pictures SORTIE SANS RETOUR
(Akher Saa November 28, 1956) being expelled from Egypt in 1956
under the direction of President Gamal Abd El Nasser. All those expelled had
to sign a pledge of NEVER TO RETURN, leaving behind their possessions,
amounting to Billions of dollars.
All their assets have been placed
under sequestration and confiscated by the government of which no
restitutions have been made
Media Reports
- Egyptian Jews Feel at Home in Alexandria
- National Review Online Don't pass over modern-day oppression.
- A.P Last chapter in long story of Jews in Egypt: Argument over where history belongs
- A.P Story of Egypt's Jews: Rich, complex, not yet over
- Religion News Service Few Jews Left in Egypt to Mark First Exodus
- LA TIMES A Last Stand by the Jews in Egypt
- USA TODAY Jews, legacy almost extinct in Egyptian city Alexandria's families fled wars, politics of region
- W.S.J Wall Street Journal Report on the Jewish Community in Egypt March 15, 2000
- Jerusalem Post report 1997
- Maarive Report on the Jewish Community of Egypt April 24, 2000
- Lithuania returns Torah to the Jews
- Egypt Rejected Israeli Request to Participate in Cairo Book Fair
- Reuters Egypt cancels Jewish festival after protests
- Jews battling to get assets in Egypt