The former Israeli ambassador to Jordan Jacob Rosen published an extensive list of Jewish surnames in Cairo that disclosed a stunning number of Ashkenazi surnames.In an interview with The Jerusalem Post ,Rosen said “Jewish refugees from Russian pogroms settled in Egypt.” Rosen, who also served as a diplomat in Egypt, said there were about 40,000 Jews in Cairo during the 1930’s and 1940’s.Rosen estimated that the split of Jews in Cairo was roughly 20 percent Ashkenazi and 20 percent Mizrahi.”Cairo was like a railway terminal, Jews coming and going,” he said.Rosen said there was saying among Jew…
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