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4:00 pm
Documentary & Discussion
“From Cairo to the Cloud: The World of the Cairo Geniza”
Sun., March 6 (4 pm)
DOCUMENTARY & DISCUSSION with Steve Kerbel In 1896, Solomon Schechter entered the sacred storeroom of an ancient synagogue in Cairo and discovered a vast treasure trove of manuscripts. They illuminate over a thousand years of vibrant Jewish, Christian and Muslim life in the heart of the Islamic world, revealing a golden age of religious tolerance […]
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