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Zakhor
IntersectionLieuXIXe–XXe siècle

Region: Égypte (Delta oriental)

Intersection register · custodian, not owner

A town in the eastern Egyptian Delta, Zagazig (born near ancient Bubastis) was home to a Jewish community during the Khedivial and late Ottoman periods. The community included Sephardic and Karaite families and gradually disappeared in the twentieth century.

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This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Zagazig give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.

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Sources & resources

  • Encyclopaedia Judaica2e éd., Keter/Macmillan
  • Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic WorldBrill

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