Assistant Antiquities Minister for Engineering Affairs Hesham Ibrahim said on Friday that the teams of restorers who are carrying out restoration and renovation of the Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue, known as the Jewish Temple, in Alexandria, have completed about 25 percent of its work. He pointed out that the project is expected to be completed by the end of 2018 at an initial cost of LE100 million, funded by the Egyptian government. Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue was built in 1354. It is included on the World Monuments Fund’s 2018 list of monuments at risk. Although services are still held in the synagogue, it now caters to a very small community due to the dwindling number of Jews in Alexandria and Egypt more broadly.

Source: Egypt Independent February 10, 2018 11:03 UTC