Azouz Synagogue is a
synagogue
A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worshi ...
in
Alexandria
Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...
,
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
. It is one of the oldest synagogues in Alexandria.
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See also
* History of the Jews in Egypt
*List of synagogues in Egypt
A list of synagogues in Egypt:
Alexandria
* Azouz Synagogue
* Castro Synagogue
* Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue
* Eliahou Hazan Synagogue
* Green Synagogue
* Menasce Synagogue
* Nezah Israel Synagogue
* Sasson Synagogue
* Shaaré Tefila Synagogue
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References
Synagogues in Alexandria
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