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18th- and 19th-century Jewish communal registers (pinkasim in Hebrew) obtained by special agreement with the Russian State Library.

The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague, Czech Republic. See the "About" tab for details.

Details of four yizkor books and one communal history featured in Project Zikaron. See the "About" tab for details.

Documents associated with Rabbi Shimen Eisenberg, whose 2nd volume of memoirs was transcribed for Project Zikaron. See the "About" tab for details.

The manuscript of volume three of Avraham Shlomo Melamed's memoirs, which is included in Project Zikaron. See the "About" tab for details.

Three photographs of European Jews taken in the early 1910s. See the "About" tab for details.

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Benha, Egypt (1)

30°27' N,31°11' E

Nearby Localities and Map
- Tell Atrib (Athribis), Egypt 1 mile / 2 km
- Zifta, Egypt 19 miles / 31 km
- Mit Ghamr, Egypt 19 miles / 31 km
- Bilbeis, Egypt 22 miles / 35 km
- Heliopolis, Egypt 23 miles / 37 km
- Tanta, Egypt 25 miles / 40 km
- Cairo 1 (Kahir, Masr, Mitsrayim), Egypt 29 miles / 47 km
- Fustat (Fostat, Al Fustat, Misr al-Fustat, Fustat-Misr), Egypt 31 miles / 50 km

The Iternary of Benjamin of Tudela: Critical Text, Translation, and Commentary by Marcus Nathan Adler (1907) ( Communal Histories )
ספר מסעות של ר' בנימין ז"ל: על פי כתבי יד עם הערות ומפתח
Benjamin of Tudela (1130-1173)

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