Doaa Abdel Latif - Cairo

In a move that appears to be in contradiction with the country's deteriorating economic conditions, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has allocated 1 billion and 270 million pounds ($ 71 million) to restore the Jewish heritage in Egypt.

"The Jewish heritage is part of the Egyptian heritage. The government will not wait for any international support," said Archbishop Khaled al-Anani, during a meeting in the House of Representatives.

The number of Jews in Egypt is currently only six Jews, after the number of about one hundred thousand before the waves of immigration to Israel and Europe in the fifties of the last century.

The announcement of the restoration of the Jewish heritage was preceded by a statement by the Sisi during the World Youth Forum held last month in Sharm el-Sheikh (east of Cairo), where there were no barriers to building synagogues for Jews. Will ".

Earlier, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz revealed the alliance of 20 organizations of Jews of Egyptian origin in Israel and around the world to demand what they called "saving the Jewish heritage" located in Cairo and Alexandria.

The Temple of Moses Maimonides Jewish sailors in the area of ​​ancient Egypt (the island)

a open invitation
The government's moves and statements by its officials seem to have encouraged the Jewish community to celebrate, for the first time in decades, the "Lights", the most popular Jewish holiday, at Adli Temple in downtown Cairo.

The event was attended by members of the "Drop Milk" Association, which is interested in preserving Jewish heritage, and a 24-member American Jewish delegation.

The Egyptian Jewish community announced the celebration on its official Facebook site, and invited the first 50 people who would like to attend a comment on the publication, the first time the community was invited to attend a ceremony in the synagogue.

While the President of the Jewish community Magda Harun during the celebration of the restoration of the Association "drop milk" temples of Egypt and the new Maadi for exploitation in cultural activities, and the processing of the temple of Maadi for theatrical performances and music.

She pointed to the attempt to index the archives of the Egyptian Jewish community under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture.

Jewish synagogues
There are 19 synagogues in Egypt, distributed in the governorates of Cairo and Alexandria, and practiced religious rituals on a regular basis, before the departure of Jews from Egypt in the fifties of the last century, Including 11 temples in Cairo, and the temple is located on Adli Street (central Cairo), the most important, where some religious ceremonies are held.

In Alexandria there are seven temples, the most famous of which is the "Elijah the Prophet" temple on Prophet Daniel Street. There is also one temple in al-Gharbia, which is the Khokha temple, which the Ministry of Antiquities refuses to record as an impact due to the destruction of much of it.

Religious rituals are not practiced in these temples, not only because of the small number of Jews in Egypt, but because of the rituals themselves. Prayer in the temple is not performed except in the presence of at least ten men, more than the number of the community itself.

A building where the Jewish wedding ceremony was held by Jewish sailors (the island)

Deal of the Century
The restoration of the Egyptian Jewish heritage comes in the light of regional developments and talk about the "Deal of the Century". The Bloomberg agency revealed earlier this month that the Jewish community in Dubai had been inaugurated as a temple for its religious rites, which the agency considered a reflection of the warm relations between Israel and the governments in the region.

For his part, considered the former parliamentarian Izz al-Din al-Kumi government step is inconsistent with the deteriorating conditions of services and facilities, adding that it was the first order to restore hospitals and schools.

Al-Koumi, in his speech to Al-Jazeera Net, linked the step of restoring the Jewish heritage to Egypt's approach to normalization with Israel and seeking to show "important roles" for Jews in Egyptian political history.

Al-Koumi said that "the authority's approach exceeded the restoration of the Jewish heritage to a curriculum that welcomes normalization, and all moves pave the way for public opinion to accept the deal of the century."

Nahla Al-Mawardi asked her Facebook account about the restoration works that deserve these huge sums. "Is it a Jewish site in Egypt that deserves a refund because of its restoration?"

Mohammed al-Juwaidi said, "We are poor," referring to a previous statement by Sisi describing Egypt's economic situation.

The publication of an account bearing the name of former President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak image of the Sisi with the news of restoration, and said, "Ally Malush good in his family Malush good in the limit."

"A full coordination ... that Sisi will restore the Jewish heritage in Egypt in parallel with the systematic destruction of the Islamic heritage in occupied Palestine," the spokesman for Egypt told Facebook via Facebook.