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With Dr. Rebecca Jefferson discussing the discovery, origins, and history of the Cairo Genizah and her new book about the topic

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With Dr. Rebecca Jefferson (curator of the Issa & Ray Price library of Judaica at the University of Library)  discussing the discovery, origins, and history of the Cairo Genizah and her new book about this

We discussed her new book, what a “Genizah” is general speaking,what “fragments” are, what the Cairo Genizah is, history of Genizot (in middle east) in general, Ben Ezra Synagogue, and the many characters involved in the story (Jacob Saphir, Abraham Firkovich, Moses Shapira, Abraham Harkavy, Elkan Nathan Adler, Greville John Chester, Count d'Hulst, Agnes Smith Lewis & Margaret Dunlop Gibson, Solomon Schechter, Adolf Neubauer, and many more)

To purchase “The Cairo Genizzah and the Age of Discovery in Egypt”: https://amzn.to/3OFZYcS

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