Menasce Synagogue
Menasce Synagogue is a synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt in Ahmed Orabi Square.[1]
History[edit]
The synagogue was funded by the wealthy and powerful Menasce banking family of Alexandria, previously of Morocco and Palestine. The first member of the Menasce family in Egypt was Jacob Levi Menasce, born in Cairo in 1807, also known as Baron Jacob de Menasce.[2] Menasce was elevated to the baronetcy by Austria-Hungarian Emperor Franz Josef when the emperor visited Egypt for the opening of the Suez Canal. Menasce later became president of the Cairo Jewish community. 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, with the ceremony attended by the Ottoman Governor of Alexandria. Although the Alexandria coastline was bombed ten years later in the Anglo-Egyptian War, the synagogue survived intact.
In September 2017, Menasce Synagogue was added to Egypt's list of Islamic, Jewish, and Coptic monuments, protecting it from being torn down.
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References[edit]
- ^ M. Abdelhamid, Manal (2020). "Conservation and Revival of the Marginalized Jewish Cultural Heritage of Alexandria, Egypt, through Digitization Technology". Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management. 8 (1). doi:10.15640/jthm.v8n1a3. S2CID 226426749.
- ^ The Jews of Egypt : a Mediterranean Society in Modern Times. Maurice Mizrahi, Gudrun Krämer, Shimon Shamir, Thomas Mayer. Milton: Routledge. 2019. ISBN 978-1-000-23090-1. OCLC 1120697732.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Guerin, Adam (2010-10-01), "Menasce Family", Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World, Brill, retrieved 2022-07-09
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