Retired Israeli diplomat finds forgotten Jewish surnames in Alexandria
Jacob Rosen, Israel's former ambassador to Jordan, has published a study, including an English language list, of lost Jewish surnames from the Egyptian city of Alexandria.
The Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt, is reopened in January after completion of a restoration project(photo credit: MOHAMED ABD EL GHANY/REUTERS)ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL