Ben Ezra Synagogue, Cairo
Amazing Ben Ezra Synagogue The 9th-century Ben Ezra Synagogue, located just outside the Coptic enclave walls, is housed in the shell of a 4th-century Christian church. After Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the Jerusalem temple in the sixth century, the prophet Jeremiah gathered the Jews here, according to tradition. The nearby spring is said to be the location […]