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Pahad Yitzhak (Kraim, Kreim, Kraiem) Synagogue, Cairo, Egypt
The Pahad Yitzhak (פחד יצחק) Synagogue in Cairo, Egypt. Also known as the Kraim (Kreim, Kraiem קריים) synagogue.
Description
Located in the Abbassia neighborhood of Cairo, this synagogue is located a short walk from the Sakakini palace and square.
The synagogue is known as the Kraim synagogue because of Mr. Zaki Kraim who oversaw the remodeling of the synagogue during his tenure as synagogue gabbai (beadle), 1925-1932.
Sources
Meital, Yoram. Atarim Yehudiim Bemisrayim (Hebrew. Jewish sites in Egypt), Yad Ben Zvi, 1995, p. 62.