Ben Ezra Synagogue

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historic building synagogue tourist attraction

Ben Ezra Synagogue is a historic Jewish synagogue in Old Cairo, Egypt, renowned as one of the oldest in the country and for the discovery of the Cairo Geniza, a vast collection of medieval Jewish manuscripts.

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Ben Ezra Synagogue Geniza 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic building ⓘ
synagogue ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs El-Geniza Synagogue NERFINISHED ⓘ
Synagogue of the Levantines NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle Ottoman NERFINISHED ⓘ
medieval Egyptian ⓘ
associatedWithScholar Shlomo Dov Goitein NERFINISHED ⓘ
Solomon Schechter NERFINISHED ⓘ
cityDistrict Masr al-Qadima (Old Cairo) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
denomination Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
famousFor Cairo Geniza NERFINISHED ⓘ
collection of medieval Jewish manuscripts ⓘ
genizaContained commercial records ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
letters ⓘ
liturgical poetry ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
genizaManuscriptsNowHeldAt Bodleian Library NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cambridge University Library NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jewish Theological Seminary of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
other major research libraries worldwide ⓘ
genizaTimeSpan approximately 9th to 19th centuries ⓘ
governingBody Egyptian Jewish community (historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature Arabic inscriptions ⓘ
Hebrew inscriptions ⓘ
Torah ark ⓘ
bimah ⓘ
intricately carved wooden decorations ⓘ
women's gallery ⓘ
heritage Mizrahi Jewish ⓘ
Sephardi Jewish ⓘ
locatedIn Cairo ⓘ
Coptic Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorRenovationCentury 19th century ⓘ
namedAfter Prophet Ezra NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyLandmark Coptic Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hanging Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalConstructionCentury 9th century ⓘ
rebuiltInCentury 12th century ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
significance key source for social and economic history of medieval Mediterranean Jewry ⓘ
one of the oldest synagogues in Egypt ⓘ
status museum and heritage site ⓘ
no longer used for regular worship ⓘ
tourism open to visitors ⓘ
UNESCOContext within Historic Cairo World Heritage Site area ⓘ

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historic Cairo → hasPart → Ben Ezra Synagogue ⓘ
subject surface form: Historic Cairo
Cairo Geniza fragments → locatedIn → Ben Ezra Synagogue ⓘ
Cairo Geniza fragments → associatedWith → Ben Ezra Synagogue ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ben Ezra Synagogue Geniza