[1] The synagogue was funded by the wealthy and powerful Menasce banking family of Alexandria, previously of Morocco and Palestine.

Menasce and his family moved in Alexandria in 1871 but developed a rift with the established Alexandrian Jewish community.

Although the Alexandria coastline was bombed ten years later in the Anglo-Egyptian War, the synagogue survived intact.

In September 2017, Menasce Synagogue was added to Egypt's list of Islamic, Jewish, and Coptic monuments, protecting it from being torn down.

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