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The history of the Jews in Alexandria dates back to the founding of the city by Alexander the Great in 332 BCE. [1] Jews in Alexandria played a crucial role in the political, economic, cultural and religious life of Hellenistic and Roman Alexandria, with Jews comprising about 35% of the city's population during the Roman era.
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The Rise and Fall of Alexandria Birthplace of the Modern World. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-143-11251-8; Scwartz, Seth. (2014). The Ancient Jews from Alexander to Muhammad: Key themes in Ancient History Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-66929-1
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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.
"Alabarch" is a Latinization of a Greek title, Ἀλαβάρχης, often described as a corruption of Arabarch (Ἀραβάρχης), meaning "Arab leader". [1]Professor Samuel Krauss in the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia suggests that the alabarch was the leader of the Jews in Alexandria, and would have been called "ethnarch" by gentiles including Strabo.
People of Egyptian-Jewish descent (8 C, 2 P) E. Egyptian-Jewish diaspora (3 C, 3 P) M. ... History of the Jews in Alexandria; Andreas (archbishop of Bari) C. Eli Cohen;
The expulsion of the Jews from Alexandria, in 414 or 415 under the leadership of Saint Cyril. Around 100,000 Jews expelled—another Pogrom or "Alexandria Expulsion". [1] [2] 619 – City besieged; Sassanid Persians in power. 641–642 – City besieged; Arabs in power; [3] capital of Egypt relocates from Alexandria to Fustat.