Jews in North Africa and Egypt (My Jewish Learning)
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Jews in North Africa and Egypt
Menachem Ben-Sasson describes how Jewish life in North Africa and Egypt declined in the 12th and 13th centuries, as Jews faced forced conversion under the Almohads and economic restrictions under Mamluk rule.
![Rabbis of Egypt. This unique picture from March 3rd 1945, gathers almost all the in function at the time. Center on the right: Chief Rabbi Nahum Effendi, Rav Aharon Shueka – from Ahava Ve-Akhva, Rav Yehuda Maslaton Cohen Trab – Av Beith-Din, Rav Shmuel Nefussi – later Chief Rabbi of Alexandria, behind him Rav Yossef Dayan, (Ahava Ve-Akhva). […]](https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/tf-jimena-prd/country_images/Egypt105.jpg)
