{"id":6593,"date":"2013-04-15T02:19:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T08:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=6593"},"modified":"2013-04-18T02:25:44","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T08:25:44","slug":"carmen-weinstein-head-of-egyptian-jewish-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/carmen-weinstein-head-of-egyptian-jewish-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Carmen Weinstein, head of Egyptian Jewish community"},"content":{"rendered":"

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Carmen Weinstein, the head of Egypt’s Jewish community, has died. Weinstein died Saturday of “natural causes,” the French news agency AFP quoted a community member as saying. She was 84.<\/p>\n

For nearly 20 years, Weinstein headed a Jewish community of only dozens of members, mostly women. Elections held yesterday named Magda Haroun as\u00a0 new community head, a community member told AFP.<\/p>\n

Weinstein was known for her efforts to preserve Egyptian synagogues, the Jewish cemetery in Cairo and other Jewish heritage sites in the country, according to reports.<\/p>\n

In 2010, she was convicted of fraud for selling apartments owned by the Jewish community. Her conviction and three-year prison sentence were overturned.<\/p>\n

Weinstein was a graduate of Cairo University and the American University in Cairo, where she studied literature, The Associated Press reported, citing a biography of Weinstein found on the community’s website.<\/p>\n

According to AFP, she was buried in the Bassatine Jewish cemetery in Cairo.<\/p>\n

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