Galleries — Historical Society of Jews From Egypt

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

Synagogues

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Shaar Hashamayim

Shaar Hashamayim, Cairo

Adly Street, a/k/a Ismailia.

Ben Ezra synagogue

Ben Ezra, Old Cairo

Photograph by Nahed Aref.

Ahaba ve Ahva congregation building

Ahaba ve Ahva

The Ahaba ve Ahva congregation and its building.

Schools

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Ecole de la Communaute staff

École de la Communauté, Cairo

Staff, early 1940s.

Ecole Menasce, Alexandria, 1948

École Menasce, Alexandria

1948.

Enfants Heureux 1959

Enfants Heureux

1959.

Clubs, stores & documents

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Maccabi Cairo 1943

Maccabi Cairo

Club members, 1943.

Cicurel department store

Department stores

Cicurel and Egypt's other great department stores.

Exit with no return document

Visas & travel documents

Exit permits and travel papers.

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Ambassador visit at the Center of Jewish History in New York. 061504Page

Chehebar Family Album PagePage

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Marice Levy AlbumPage

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