Jewish Groups Endorse Petition Calling on Egypt to Preserve Institutions, Heritage | Algemeiner.com

Jewish Groups Endorse Petition Calling on Egypt to Preserve Institutions, Heritage | Algemeiner.com

Some 11 Jewish institutions including the American Jewish Committee have rallied behind a petition calling on the Egyptian government to recognize and work toward preserving Jewish heritage sites in the country, The Algemeiner has learned. “Over the past 14 years, we have faced inertia on the part of the Egyptian authorities when it came to the preservation of our cultural and religious heritage,” the petitioners wrote, adding that they had been refused by ministers of various count…