#jewish history
Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court upheld earlier today a controversial ruling issued by the Alexandria Administrative Court in 2014, which banned the annual celebrations of a Jewish festival marking the birth of 19th century Moroccan rabbi Yaakov Abuhatzeira, BBC reports. The Supreme Administrative Court’s decision came after considering, and ultimately rejecting, an appeal by the Egyptian government challenging the 2014 Alexandria Administrative Court ruling. The Abuhatzeira festival has drawn hundreds of Jewish pilgrims from across the Middle East, namely Israel and…
