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Posted By simmons on March 31, 2013
High-Tech Handhelds: Smartphones #39; nuts bolts Check out all the latest from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, including the world #39;s first dual-screen Android smartphone. Dive into the nuts and bolts of... By: RussiaToday
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Posted By richards on March 31, 2013
From its peak in the aftermath of the Second World War, when the Jews in Egypt numbered around 80,000, the community collapsed. Today there are no more than a few dozen remaining. All are over 50 years old. Most are women who married Muslims or Christians, meaning their children have been raised as non-Jews and that the community will probably die out within a generation.
Now a documentary chronicling their experiences has been released in Egyptian cinemas. Billed as the first film of this kind to be allowed out on general release, Jews of Egypt presents an account of a community whose 20th-century fortunes, once so buoyant, suddenly came crashing down.
In the early years of Nasser's nationalist revolution, the Jewish presence in Egypt disintegrated. Rabbi Andrew Baker, an American trying to establish a fund to preserve Egypt's Jewish monuments, said it is possible to question whether there was any future left for Jews in Egypt. He added that the remnants are possessed by a "schizophrenic" outlook on their position in society.
On one hand they are proud of a legacy that stretches back 3,000 years to the time of Ramses II, but on the other they live a precarious existence in a country weaned on decades of antipathy towards Israel which has fought four wars with Egypt since 1948. "They know that Jews are associated with Israel," he said. "My sense is they feel it might encourage popular anger if they are too open about their religion."
It was not always like this. The great Jewish scholar Maimonides was once physician to Saladin, the medieval foe of King Richard the Lionheart. More recently, in the early 20th century, King Fouad recruited two Jewish scions of the famous Qattawi family to be his finance minister and speech writer. His playboy son, Farouk, meanwhile, employed them in a rather less august context; his mistress and his card-table chums were Jewish.
Anti-Semitic sentiment had been fuelled at times by the growth of the Muslim Brotherhood and a rising tide of nationalism. But after the creation of Israel in 1948, the mood started turning very sour. Following the Suez crisis of 1956, when Israel helped Britain and France invade Egypt to reclaim the Suez Canal and topple Nasser, the government ordered a wave of expulsions. The nation's wealthier Jews had often been implacably opposed to Israel, but about a fifth of the country's Jewry more than 15,000 refugees eventually emigrated east to the new Jewish state.
Today the Jews of Egypt live in a climate of anti-Zionism which often boils over into outright anti-Semitism. "When Israel came to existence, people didn't feel comfortable dealing with Jews," said Egyptian author Ahmed Towfik. "Many mixed the concept of Zionism and Judaism."
The government has carried out high-profile restoration projects on Egypt's synagogues over the years, yet some among the Egyptian diaspora complain of official ambivalence. Cairo's famous Bassatine cemetery, allotted to Jews in the 9th century, is now partially submerged by sewage.
Yves Fedida was among the tens of thousands of Egyptian Jews compelled to leave the country during the wave of anti-Zionism that followed the creation of Israel in 1948. As a Jewish schoolboy in Hendon, north London, he sat down at his bedroom desk in the spring of 1959 and began writing a letter. He did not expect a reply his missive, after all, was addressed to Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian demagogue, Britain's arch-nemesis in the Middle East, and the man responsible for expelling the 14-year-old from his homeland. "I think I addressed it to the Presidential Palace," Mr Fedida told The Independent on Sunday. "Nowadays it would have to go through national security and would take about five years to get there."
Mr Fedida received a reply from Nasser after just a month. The Egyptian President wrote that with "great pleasure" he was granting him temporary permission to return to Alexandria and see his mother, who had been allowed to stay. The letter, signed in blue ink, ended with the revolutionary autocrat expressing his "best wishes for your happiness, and sincere admiration for your filial sentiment". Mr Fedida was permitted to return for only nine months yet he was one of the lucky ones. Now 67, he runs a foundation dedicated to preserving Egypt's Jewish heritage. "You say the word Jew now and everybody freezes," he said. "You are automatically a spy or a bloodthirsty conspirator. It's a crazy, crazy situation."
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Posted By admin on March 30, 2013
Israeli Troops, Palestinians Clash on "Land Day" Israeli troops clashed on Saturday with Palestinians in the West Bank marking Land Day, an annual day of protest against Israel #39;s land policies. (March 30) By: AssociatedPress
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Stun grenades explode as Palestinians protest land confiscation by Israel Palestinians in Israel and the West Bank are gearing up to protest against Israel #39;s occupation of their territories. The annual #39;Land Day #39; demonstrations com...
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North Korea declares #39;state of war #39; with South North Korea has entered a "state of war" against its Southern neighbor, stating that from now on any issues between the two countries will be resolved in a "... By: RussiaToday
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Posted By simmons on March 29, 2013
Former US soldier charged with fighting in Syria Eric Harroun is in federal custody in the United States charged with conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction outside the US. Court documents allege Ha... By: AlJazeeraEnglish
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Posted By simmons on March 28, 2013
President Obama Welcomes African Leaders President welcomes President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Joyce Banda of Malawi, and Prime Minister Jos Mar... By: whitehouse
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