Summary
Yoram Meital, an Israeli scholar whose guide to Jewish sites in Egypt, Atarim yehudiyim be-mitzrayim, drew Tawhid Magdi’s attack in Ruz al-Yusuf as “a new maneuver against Egypt,” in The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry (The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry: Culture, Politics, and the Formation of a Modern Diaspora, lines 4296-4326).
Details
- The guide describes synagogues, communal buildings and cemeteries in Cairo, Alexandria, Ma’adi, Hilwan and Damanhur for Israeli tourists; it was produced with establishment Israeli institutions’ assistance (the Kaplan Chair for the History of Egypt and Israel at Tel Aviv University, the Israeli Academic Center in Cairo) and carries Shimon Shamir’s endorsement (Chapter 9, note 57) (The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry: Culture, Politics, and the Formation of a Modern Diaspora, lines 4296-4326).
- Magdi was convinced Meital had prepared a survey of Jewish property as the basis for an Israeli ownership claim (note 59) and objected especially to the inclusion of the Israeli Academic Center, housed in a rented apartment in an Egyptian-owned building (note 60); Meital’s scholarship is actually quite critical of official Israeli policies toward Egypt, and he has collaborated with the Giv’at Haviva Institute for Peace Research directed by Ilan Pappé (The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry: Culture, Politics, and the Formation of a Modern Diaspora, lines 4296-4326).
Related pages
The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry: Culture, Politics, and the Formation of a Modern Diaspora, Samir W. Raafat