It is interesting to see what people in this region wrote to each other more than 1,000 years ago.
The 11th century letter found in the Cairo Geniza, believed to be from a woman in Israel to her brother in Egypt(photo credit: REPRODUCED BY PERMISSION OF THE SYNDICS OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY/FRIEDBERG GENIZAH PROJECT WE)ByRENÉE LEVINE MELAMMED