Egypt -- Formal opening of restored synagogue cancelled
L'Chaim, everyone. This makes one question the definition of "provocative."
Egypt cancelled Sunday's formal ceremony opening the a renovated Maimonides synagogue in Cairo -- protest at what antiquities chief Zahi Hawass called "provocative" Jewish and Israeli actions. The even was to have taken place one week after the synagogue was rededicated in a ceremony attended by about 150 people, including the US and Israeli ambassadors.
AFP reports that both Hawass and Culture Minister Faruq Hosni ha...
Egypt cancelled Sunday's formal ceremony opening the a renovated Maimonides synagogue in Cairo -- protest at what antiquities chief Zahi Hawass called "provocative" Jewish and Israeli actions. The even was to have taken place one week after the synagogue was rededicated in a ceremony attended by about 150 people, including the US and Israeli ambassadors.
AFP reports that both Hawass and Culture Minister Faruq Hosni ha...
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