Jacob Rosen-Koenigsbuch, a retired Ashkenazi diplomat, has compiled a list of Jewish family names from various cities in the Arab world before the Mizrahi exodus in the mid-20th century.

The author reminisces about his grandmothers quince jam and his unsuccessful attempts to find a similar one.

The Jewish communities of Egypt, once vibrant and numerous, are now dwindling and on the brink of extinction.

Despite a once vibrant Jewish presence in Egypt dating back to ancient times, the Jewish communities in Alexandria and Cairo are now dwindling, with fewer than fifty Jews remaining, many elderly and intermarried.