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The Azouz Synagogue (Arabic: كنيس عزوز) was a former Jewish synagogue, that was located near Souk el Hosr (Souk El-Asr), in Alexandria, Egypt. It was one of the oldest synagogues in Alexandria. [1] It is unknown when it was built, however it was rebuilt in 1853. [2]
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The Sasson Synagogue, officially the Jacob Sasson Synagogue, is a former Jewish synagogue, that was located on Rue Temple Sasson, in the Glymenopoulo neighborhood of Alexandria, Egypt. The synagogue was completed in 1910 [ 1 ] and, despite its misspelling, was named in honour of Jacob Sassoon .
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Menasce and his family moved in Alexandria in 1871 but developed a rift with the established Alexandrian Jewish community. [ 3 ] The separate synagogue that he founded, the Menasce Synagogue, opened to great fanfare on December 30, 1872, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ a ] with the ceremony attended by the Ottoman Governor of Alexandria.
A copy of the "Torah scrolls" at the newly restored Ben Ezra Synagogue, Egypt's oldest Jewish temple, after decade-long restoration, in old Cairo, Egypt.
The synagogue was included on the 2018 World Monuments Fund list of monuments at risk. [7] Following its restoration, the synagogue was rededicated in January 2020, with three Jews present at the ceremony. [8] [9] Although services are still held in the synagogue, it now caters to a very small community due to the dwindling number of Jews in ...
From 516 B.C. until 70 A.D., most Jewish rituals took place at the second Jerusalem Temple, so it was rare for synagogues to be built elsewhere. Kuban is in southeast Russia, bordering the Black Sea.