Egypt’s last Jews aim to keep alive heritage
26 March 2017 |
5:25 am
Once a flourishing community, only a handful of Egyptian Jews, mostly elderly women, is all that remains in the Arab world's most populous country, aiming at least to preserve their heritage.
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