An influx of immigrants and an abrupt end.

Alfred Nakache.

The rabbi who may have inspired Obi-Wan Kenobi.

An unidentified text about the Yom Kippur service.

A disturbing response after the murder of five at an annual festival.

What Moses Maimonides had in common with his distinguished, Sufism-influenced son.

Neither victims nor collaborators.

Operation Torch, the Nazi invasion of Tunisia, and the British victory at El Alamein.

And their betrayal during World War II.

Egypt kicked out Jews, Italians, and Greeks in the 1950s and continues to persecute Copts today.

“The dry heat of Africa did not stop me and the ice of Ashkenaz did not deter me.”

The 2,000-year-old community hopes for a future.

Political tensions linger.

“Jews are unwanted.”