Egyptian Jewish community

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Egyptian_Jewish_community

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Jewish_community
gptkbp:contributedTo	Egyptian economy Egyptian culture Egyptian politics Egyptian literature Egyptian arts
gptkbp:culturalHeritage	gptkb:Judeo-Arabic_literature Sephardic traditions Mizrahi traditions
gptkbp:diaspora	gptkb:Brazil gptkb:France gptkb:Israel gptkb:Italy gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:expulsions	gptkb:1956_Suez_Crisis gptkb:1967_Six-Day_War
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	gptkb:Modern_Egypt gptkb:Ottoman_Egypt gptkb:Pharaonic_Egypt gptkb:Hellenistic_Egypt
gptkbp:historicalPopulation	up to 80,000 in early 20th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Egyptian Jewish community
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Arabic gptkb:Hebrew gptkb:Judeo-Arabic
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Egypt
gptkbp:notableCity	gptkb:Alexandria gptkb:Cairo
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Cairo_Geniza_discovery Ben Ezra Synagogue restoration
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:Ben_Ezra_Synagogue gptkb:Eliyahu_Hanavi_Synagogue
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Yitzhak_Navon gptkb:André_Aciman gptkb:Jacques_Hassoun gptkb:Lucette_Lagnado gptkb:Edmond_Jabès gptkb:Joseph_Cattaui gptkb:Levana_Zamir gptkb:Raymond_Stock gptkb:Henri_Curiel gptkb:René_Guénon gptkb:Claude_Sitbon gptkb:Moses_Maimonides
gptkbp:population	fewer than 20 (as of 2020s)
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:status	minority near extinction
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Jewish_community
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4