The Last Jews of Cairo
Monday, February 19, 2007
One of my favorite scenes in WHERE GOD WAS BORN came in a meeting in Iraq with a man who called himself The Last Rabbi of Baghdad. He was interesting, funny, and quite emotional -- plus he wanted me to introduce him to a Jewish woman in America. After 2600 years, the Jews had abandoned a place where Judaism, in many ways, was born.
I thought of that when a friend sent me this link to a story about the Last Jews of Cairo. The photos are amazing and the story is quite well-written. The pull-out quote reads: "On the eve of Ramadan, in the center of the Arab world, we found ourselves – two agnostic Jews with no interest in or ties to the Jewish community back home – [scrambling] to join in prayer and worship with the remaining Jews of Cairo."
Labels: Judaism, Middle East
Posted by B Feiler at 7:05 AM
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