Despite recurring challenges, luminaries such as Saadia Gaon and Maimonides excelled there, and the discovery of the Cairo Geniza revealed a vast source of documentation of Jewish everyday life ...

Leah gives birth to her last child, and says, “Odeh et Adonai al kar’ah sh’mo yehudah,” or “I give thanks to the Eternal, and she therefore named him Judah.” (Genesis 29:35) Yes, we are known as the ...

Yehuda HaLevi was in Spain when he declared, “My heart is in the East, but I, I am at the edge of the West.” But in this most interesting book, Weisenfeld asks a fundamental question – is ...

An immigration judge in Louisiana says she will decide later this week whether the government can continue to detain Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University activist facing deportation for his ...

Even though the Cairo Stadium was not brimming to capacity due to restrictions placed on their hosts because of previous unruly fan behaviour, there was enough fanatical support for the White Knig ...

Examples of the Earliest Surviving Haggadot Fragments of an early Haggadah in Hebrew (dating to about 1,000 CE) were found in the Cairo Geniza — the storeroom of the Ben Ezra Synagogue.

RIYADH, April 8 – Saudi Arabia has revised its e-stopover visa policy, limiting eligibility only to travellers from a designated list of 18 countries that included Malaysia, according to news outlet ...

A bombshell diary reveals how IDF Chief Herzi Halevi responded minute-by-minute to the October 7 Hamas attack. From his first security assessment to critical calls with Netanyahu and Gallant ...

Egypt ranks as the second-wealthiest country in Africa, and Cairo, Egypt’s capital, is often perceived as a city of wealth and opportunity for expats and locals alike. According to Henley & Partners’ ...

For better service, the Travel Office has secured excellent corporate deals with unique hotels to ensure a comfortable stay for The American University in Cairo (AUC) community. Note that the US ...

Macron is in Cairo to attend a summit on the ongoing war in Gaza Egyptian President Abdul Fattah Al Sissi greets people as he walks alongside his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron during a stroll ...