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Sacred places tell tales : Jewish life and heritage in modern Cairo / Yoram Meital.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks DS135.E42 C357 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meital, Yoram, author.
- Series:
- Jewish culture and contexts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Egypt--Cairo--History--20th century.
- Jews.
- Synagogues--Egypt--Cairo.
- Synagogues.
- Egypt--History--20th century.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 353 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "Cairo's synagogues, Jewish cemeteries, and books are not relics of the past, but sites and materials that tell the story of modern Egyptian Jewish communities is told, both as sites that anchored Egyptian Jewish experiences in the twentieth century and as part of the lived environment of contemporary Cairo"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781512825886
- 1512825883
- OCLC:
- 1402737053
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