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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 375

Magda Haroun

Illustrative: The president of the Egyptian Jewish Community, Magda Shehata Haroun, talks during an interview with AFP at the Shaar Hashamayim Synagogue in Cairo, also known as Temple Ismailia or Adly Synagogue in downtown Cairo on October 3, 2016. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
October 9, 2017, 11:47 am
Egypt Jewish leader backs controversial local candidate to head UNESCO
Magda Harroun praises Moushira Khattab’s commitment ‘to protect Egypt’s Jewish heritage,’ as cultural arm votes to replace leader who had chided states over anti-Israel bias
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Magda Haroun, president of Egypt's Jewish community vows "never, never, never" to leave the country. (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
September 23, 2014, 10:45 pm
Only 12 Jews left in Egypt, community leader says
‘We are dying, we are drowning, we are finished,’ Magda Haroun says, promising to help the elderly members, protect artifacts
By JTA
Opponents of Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi shout slogans during a protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, July 3, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
August 21, 2013, 3:01 am
Cairo’s Jews support military’s campaign
To tiny Jewish community — made up of 14 women — army’s assertion of power is a welcome development in ‘fighting terrorism’
By Ben Sales
Magda Haroun, president of Egypt's Jewish community vows "never, never, never" to leave the country. (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
July 18, 2013, 8:23 pm
New head of Egyptian Jewish community: Zionism is racism
Magda Haroun: ‘Much like some people mix up al-Qaeda and Islam, others mix Israel and Judaism up’
A general view of damaged tombs and fetid water at the Jewish cemetery, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, April 18 (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)
April 19, 2013, 1:53 am
Egyptian Jewish leader buried in cemetery she tried to restore
Deteriorated graveyard is immediate challenge facing Carmen Weinstein’s successor, Magda Haroun
By Sarah El Deeb
This undated photograph shows Carmen Weinstein, leader of Egypt’s dwindling and aging Jewish community, who died Saturday, April 13, 2013 at the age of 82 (photo credit: AP/Samir W Raafat)
April 16, 2013, 3:02 pm
Egyptian Jews pick new leader
Magda Haroun named new president of dwindling Jewish community following death of Carmen Weinstein
By ToI Staff
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