The Jews of Egypt from Antiquity to Modernity (Part Two): 'The World of the Cairo Genizah: Medieval Egypt through the Eyes of Egyptian Jews'

About the Lecture: Delve into the world of the Cairo Genizah as seen by the Egyptian Jews who populated it and the window it opens into the daily life of families, communities, merchants, scholars and seekers.

About the Lecturer: Elisha Russ-Fishbane is a historian of Jewish culture in the medieval Islamic world at New York University. His work focuses on Jewish-Muslim encounters and on the breadth of medieval Jewish culture - philosophy, mysticism, literature, and law - with an emphasis on the life and legacies of Maimonides.