Jewish community of Cairo

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Jewish_community
gptkbp:archiveType gptkb:Cairo_Geniza
gptkbp:containsCommunity gptkb:Mizrahi_Jews
gptkb:Sephardic_Jews
gptkb:Karaite_Jews
gptkbp:founded antiquity
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Jewish_Community_Council_of_Cairo
gptkbp:hasHistoricSite gptkb:Ben_Ezra_Synagogue
gptkb:Sha'ar_Hashamayim_Synagogue
gptkb:Karaite_Synagogue
gptkbp:historicalPopulation tens of thousands (early 20th century)
less than 10 (2020s)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jewish community of Cairo
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Judeo-Arabic
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Cairo
gptkb:Egypt
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Cairo_Geniza_discovery
gptkb:Ben_Ezra_Synagogue_rededication_(2023)
1948 Arab-Israeli War exodus
1956 Suez Crisis exodus
1967 Six-Day War exodus
decline after 1948
expulsions and emigration (mid-20th century)
nationalization of Jewish property (1950s-1960s)
preservation efforts by Drop of Milk Association
restoration of synagogues (21st century)
visit by Egyptian officials to synagogues (2020s)
community leadership by Carmen Weinstein (late 20th-early 21st century)
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Ben_Ezra_Synagogue
gptkb:Sha'ar_Hashamayim_Synagogue
gptkb:Bassatine_Cemetery
gptkb:Karaite_Synagogue
gptkb:Alliance_IsraƩlite_Universelle_school
gptkb:Jewish_Hospital_of_Cairo
gptkb:Maimonides_Synagogue_(historical)
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Maimonides
gptkb:Moses_ben_Elijah_Bashyazi
gptkb:Jacques_Hassoun
gptkb:Lucette_Lagnado
gptkb:Carmen_Weinstein
Yitzhak Shamir (born in Ruzhany, lived in Cairo)
gptkbp:populationPeak early 20th century
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:status nearly extinct
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ben_Ezra_Synagogue
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6