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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Djerba synagogue bombing 2002

A Jewish man and a child walk through the Hara Kebira, the main Jewish quarter on the island of Djerba, near the Ghriba synagogue following a shooting attack on May 10, 2023 (FETHI BELAID / AFP)
May 11, 2023, 9:03 am
‘Jewish life goes on’: Djerba community shows resilience after deadly attack
The day after a gunman killed five on Tunisian island, community celebrates a brit milah, highlighting hopes it will continue to attract pilgrims and remain a beacon of coexistence
By JTA and ToI Staff
A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, on October 29, 2018 in which eleven Jews were killed while at Shabbat services. (AP/Matt Rourke)
October 10, 2019, 1:48 am
From Djerba to San Diego, previous attacks on synagogues around the world
Recent years have seen a spate of deadly attacks on Jewish places of worship… and schools, community centers, museums, kosher supermarkets
By AFP
In this file photo taken on May 02, 2018, Rene Trabelsi speaks on the phone outside the Ghriba Synagogue on the Tunisian resort island of Djerba. (FETHI BELAID / AFP)
November 6, 2018, 8:09 pm
Tour operator Rene Trabelsi named Tunisia’s first Jewish minister in decades
Father of three previously led pilgrimages to island of Djerba, one of the main strongholds of Tunisian Jewry
By AFP
Jewish pilgrims take part in the annual pilgrimage at the Ghriba synagogue in the Tunisian resort island of Djerba on May 2, 2018. (AFP/Fethi Belaid)
May 2, 2018, 10:19 pm
Jewish pilgrims gather in Tunisia for Lag B’Omer festival
At least 5,000 tourists, including more than 100 Israelis, expected at Africa’s oldest synagogue, Ghriba, on island of Djerba
By AFP
The penitentiaty administration tag is pictured on a warden's jacket as prison wardens gather outside the high-security prison of Vendin-le-Vieil, northern France, on January 12, 2018, a day after three prison guards have been injured in a blade attack by a German Al-Qaeda terrorist. (AFP PHOTO / Denis Charlet)
January 16, 2018, 3:37 am
Al-Qaeda terrorist stabs French prison guards to avoid extradition to US
Prison workers launch protest after Christian Ganczarski, who is serving 18 years for bombing Tunisian synagogue, lunged at guards with razor blades
By AFP
A tourist visits El Ghriba, the oldest synagogue in Africa, on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia, October 29, 2015. (AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
January 10, 2018, 9:30 am
Jewish sites in Tunisia firebombed amid social unrest
Schools and a synagogue sustain minor damage in attacks, locals say
By Dov Lieber
Tunisian Rabbi Daoud reads from a prayer book at the Ghriba Synagogue on the Tunisian resort island of Djerba on May 14, 2017, during the second day of the annual Jewish pilgrimage to the synagogue thought to be Africa's oldest. (FETHI BELAID / AFP)
May 14, 2017, 9:28 pm
Tunisia seeks UNESCO status for Jewish pilgrimage isle
Application comes as thousands of Jews visit Ghriba synagogue, Africa’s oldest, on island of Djerba
By AFP
Four French-Tunisian sisters 79-year-old Fortunee (L), 87-year-old Henriette (CL), 82-year-old Eliane (CR) and 67-year-old Odette (R) visit the Ghriba synagogue in the Tunisian resort island of Djerba on May 12, 2017 as they participate in their annual pilgrimage to the synagogue on Tunisia's Mediterranean resort island of Djerba. (Fethi Belaid/AFP)
May 12, 2017, 6:26 pm
Festive mood and tight security for Djerba Jewish festival
3,000 Lag B’Omer visitors expected at Africa’s oldest synagogue, 1,000 more than last year when Tunisia was reeling from jihadist attacks
By AFP
A tourist visits El Ghriba, the oldest synagogue in Africa, on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia, October 29, 2015. (AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
November 26, 2015, 4:09 am
PHOTO ESSAY: Ancient Jewish community endures on Tunisian isle
On Djerba, ‘we have a perfect Jewish life: schools, synagogues, and kosher shops. Even if there are not many of us’
By Mosa'ab Elshamy
Tunisian Jewish youngsters chat on May 16, 2014 in the Hara Kebira district on the Tunisian island of Djerba, the site of an annual pilgrimage. (photo credit: Fethi Belaid/AFP)
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Tunisian Jewry grapples with girls’ education
Wall Street Journal: Pious community tries to balance modernity with an ever-changing, sometimes hostile society
The Ghriba Synagogue on the island of Djerba, Tunisia (photo credit: upyernoz/Wikimedia commons/File)
May 29, 2014, 10:47 pm
Historic Jewish community holds out on Tunisia island
Jews and Muslims have coexisted for centuries on tiny Djerba, but now some say relations are deteriorating
By AFP
Tunisian Jewish youngsters chat on May 16, 2014 in the Hara Kebira district on the Tunisian island of Djerba, the site of an annual pilgrimage. (photo credit: Fethi Belaid/AFP)
May 16, 2014, 7:07 pm
Israeli pilgrims visit Tunisia amid tight security
Despite fears, controversy, several dozen Jewish tourists reach the ancient El Ghriba Synagogue
By Ines Bel Aiba
The entrance to the 2,000-year-old Djerba synagogue (photo credit: CC BY upyernoz/Flikr)
April 16, 2014, 5:31 pm
Jewish man stabbed in Djerba
Tunisian police arrest assailant
By JTA and ToI Staff
The El Ghriba Synagogue in Tunisia (photo credit:upyernoz via CC/JTA)
April 25, 2013, 11:44 am
Tunisia ups security ahead of annual Jewish pilgrimage
Visitors to arrive Thursday at 2,500-year-old El Ghriba synagogue on Djerba Island; in 2002 a terrorist bomb killed 21 at the site
The El Ghriba Synagogue in Tunisia (photo credit:upyernoz via CC/JTA)
April 18, 2012, 8:13 am
Jewish pilgrimage continues despite Islamist rule in Tunisia
Tourism minister: ‘It is an achievement of the revolution, which established freedom of worship’
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