Some links you light find interesting. I know you like to collect interesting articles. http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/486253 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaite_Judaism
Thank you Abusina , I've heard and read a liitle abt Karaite Judaism but have never heard of Geniza before. Cole and Hoffman has really worked hard to bring us all this information, summed up in the last para : "the book is also about Cairo and the history of this region. Goiteins Mediterranean Society was centered here, and is a part of the long, diverse and ever-changing history of this ancient city so full of secrets. As a cohesive narrative of so many years of scholarship, Sacred Trash brings a new pantheon of stories to the many-thousand-year-old legacy of Cairo and its surroundings. " I've not yet been to Cairo, perhaps one day. many thx. once again. ..
