Over Jewish protests, the Egyptian Antiquities Authorities removed a trove of items from a recently discovered genizah.

Levana Zamir, an Egyptian refugee who now lives in Israel, shares her powerful story and the impact the escape had on her family.

Leila Murad, one of Egypt's most popular performers, left her mark on Arabic music, and was also allegedly a clandestine backer of the burgeoning Israeli military.

'This artifact has been in the country for over a thousand years, generation after generation, surviving revolutions, violence, fires and much more,' Prof. Yoram Meital told The Jerusalem Post.

Worshipers at the Alexandria synagogue arrived from across the Diaspora to pray in the 14th-century synagogue on Shabbat.