Tag: Karaites

For nearly 1,000 years, the Cairo Codex, an illuminated Hebrew manuscript held by the Karaites in Cairo, mysteriously disappeared.
The text discusses Abraham Firkovich, a Karaite Jew who lived in the 19th century and sought to promote and protect the identity of the Karaite community.
The article discusses the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibition "Jerusalem 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven," focusing on the diverse and crowded nature of medieval Jerusalem.
Prof. Meira Polliack of Tel Aviv University explores the interactions between Islam and Judaism in the 9th and 10th centuries, highlighting the emergence of the Karaites as the first Jewish fundamentalists.