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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/57359/full/57359/ancient-synagogue-reopens-in-cairo/ <br /><br /> <b>Ancient synagogue reopens in Cairo</b> <br /> Friday, March 12, 2010 | by <br /><br /><p>A synagogue in the ancient Jewish quarter of Cairo opened after a two-year government-sponsored restoration.</p> <p>The 19th-century Synagogue of Maimonides was reopened March 7 in the presence of Israeli and U.S. ambassadors and other officials.</p> <p>No Egyptian officials were in attendance at the ceremony because of a religious ceremony, according to the French news agency AFP. Egyptian officials are scheduled to attend a formal ceremony to be held Sunday, March 14.</p> <p>The synagogue, named after the 12th-century Jewish scholar Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, or Maimonides, is built over the site where he was buried for a short time before his remains were moved to Tiberias in Israel.</p> <p>The $2 million synagogue restoration undertaken by the Egyptian government took 18 months. It is expected to be a tourist attraction.  There are 11 synagogues in Egypt, but only a few dozen Jews remain in Egypt. <em>— jta</em></p>

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