Magda Tania Haroun (born 1952) is the head of the minuscule Jewish Community of Egypt.[1][2][3][4][5][6] (There are currently three Jewish residents in all of Egypt.) She is the successor of Carmen Weinstein, who had led the community for 20 years until her death in 2013.[7][8][9] She is an anti-Zionist, and the daughter of nationalist Egyptian Jewish lawyer and politician Chehata Haroun.[10][11][12][13] She has two daughters and is currently married to a Catholic.[14][15] Her sister Nadia, deputy leader of the community and one of its youngest remaining members died in 2014.[16][17]

She is also one of the heads of Drop of Milk, an organization dedicated to preserving Jewish heritage in Egypt.[18]

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References

  1. ↑ "Magda Haroun". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  2. ↑ "Egypt's last Jews: 'We are dying'". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  3. ↑ "Interview: Magda Haroun, head of Egypt's Jewish community". Egypt Independent. 2013-07-16. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  4. ↑ Congress, World Jewish. "World Jewish Congress". World Jewish Congress. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  5. ↑ Lagnado, Lucette (2019-02-07). "Preserving the Traces of Egypt's Lost Jews". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  6. ↑ "Meet the Last Jews of Cairo". Time. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  7. ↑ "Egyptian Jews pick new leader". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  8. ↑ "Magda Haroun, à la tête des dernières juives d'Egypte, pour que leurs traces ne soient pas effacées". TV5MONDE (in French). 2017-03-28. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  9. ↑ Kirkpatrick, David D. (2013-04-15). "Carmen Weinstein, Who Led the Jews of Cairo, Dies at 82". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  10. ↑ "Chehata Haroun; Egyptian Jewish Politician". Los Angeles Times. 2001-03-20. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  11. ↑ JTA. "Only 12 Jews left in Egypt, community leader says". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  12. ↑ "New head of Egyptian Jewish community: Zionism is racism". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  13. ↑ Kirkpatrick, David D. (2015-06-23). "For Egypt, TV Show's Shocking Twist Is Its Sympathetic Jews". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  14. ↑ "On Rosh Hashanah In Cairo, Egypt, A New Leader Rallies A Dying Community". Tablet Magazine. 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  15. ↑ "Just 12 Jews Remain in Egypt". The Forward. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  16. ↑ "Egyptian Jews". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  17. ↑ "Egypt's Jews bury veteran leader". Reuters. 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
  18. ↑ Bosscher, Floris. "Homecoming: Alexandria synagogue hosts Egypt's largest Jewish prayers in decades". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2023-03-07.


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