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El Ghriba Synagogue

Jewish worshippers attend the annual Jewish pilgrimage to the Ghriba synagogue in Tunisia's southern resort island of Djerba, on May 8, 2023. (Yassine Mahjoub / AFP)
April 14, 2026, 11:32 pm
Tunisia broadens access to annual Jewish pilgrimage to Africa’s oldest synagogue
Organizers announces ‘gradual return to normal’ after the event was scaled down in wake of deadly 2023 terror attack on historic Ghriba synagogue
By AFP
Illustrative: Tunisian Jews stand next to a car in the Hara Kebira, the main Jewish quarter in the resort island of Djerba, after attending a ceremony at the Ghriba synagogue following a shooting spree by a police officer on the southern Tunisian island on May 10, 2023. (FETHI BELAID / AFP)
May 10, 2025, 1:24 am
Tunisian Jewish man stabbed in Djerba ahead of pilgrimage to island synagogue
Community representative says victim hurt but ‘doing well’ after being attacked for still unclear motive, says he was ‘bothered a lot’ by FM Sa’ar’s call for Tunisia to protect Jews
By AFP and ToI Staff
French Ambassador to Tunisia Anne Gueguen (Centre-L) and US Deputy Chief of Mission Natasha Franceschi (C) carry flowers in memory of those killed in a mass shooting last year at the Ghriba synagogue in the resort island of Djerba on May 26, 2024. (Fethi Belaid / AFP)
May 26, 2024, 9:49 pm
Diplomats pay respects in Djerba year after deadly attack on Jewish worshipers
Only handful attend annual pilgrimage at Tunisia’s Ghriba synagogue under heavy guard as Gaza fighting, memories of last year’s shooting dampen enthusiasm for event
By AFP
A Tunisian Jewish man walks in Hara Kebira, the main Jewish quarter in the resort island of Djerba, during the annual Jewish pilgrimage, on May 24, 2024. (Fethi Belaid / AFP)
May 24, 2024, 7:33 pm
Tunisian Jewish pilgrimage draws low turnout as event scaled back amid security fears
Annual 3-day prayer gathering at Africa’s oldest synagogue on island of Djerba is muted amid soaring tensions due to Gaza war, last year’s deadly terror attack
By AFP and ToI Staff
Jewish worshippers attend the annual Jewish pilgrimage to the Ghriba synagogue in Tunisia's southern resort island of Djerba, on May 8, 2023. (Yassine Mahjoub / AFP)
April 20, 2024, 10:01 am
Hit by terror in 2023, Tunisian Jewish pilgrimage scaled back amid Gaza security fears
Organizers say Lag B’Omer celebration will be moved entirely indoors at Ghriba synagogue, a cornerstone of millennia-old Djerba Jewry
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Tunisia's President Kais Saied (L) speaks with Tunisia's Chief Rabbi Haim Bitan (R) in Tunis, May 17, 2023 (Tunisian Presidency)
May 18, 2023, 1:07 pm
Tunisian leader touts ‘coexistence’ after fatal synagogue attack, but not with Israel
President Kais Saied notes ‘distinction between Judaism and Zionism,’ rejects ‘normalization’ with Israel, calls on world to ‘put an end to tragedy of the Palestinian people’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Tunisia's President Kais Saied casts his ballot as he participates in the legislative elections in Tunis, December 17, 2022. (AP/Slim Abid)
May 16, 2023, 8:56 pm
Tunisian president says locals rescued Jews, whereas Israel kills Palestinians
Jewish groups and Tunisian Jews condemn remarks, which Kais Saied made in countering criticism around May 9 slaying of 2 Jews in Djerba
By Canaan Lidor
Friends and family attend the funeral of Aviel Hadadd, who was killed during a shooting attack outside a synagogue in the Tunisian island of Djerba, at the cemetery in Netivot, May 12, 2023. (Flash90)
May 13, 2023, 6:36 pm
Israeli killed in Tunisian synagogue attack buried in Netivot amid Gaza fighting
Brother-in-law says family hoped Aviel Haddad would come back from Djerba pilgrimage with a bride, instead he ‘returned in a coffin’
By Michael Horovitz and AP
Tunisian Interior Minister Kamel Fekih speaks during a press conference in Tunis, May 11, 2023. (AP/Hassene Dridi)
May 12, 2023, 5:08 am
Tunisia names synagogue gunman, says attack was premeditated and targeted shrine
Country’s interior minister calls deadly attack in Djerba a ‘cowardly criminal attack,’ but refrains from referring to it as terrorism; assailant named as guardsman Wissam Khazri
By AP and ToI Staff
Police officers and soldiers stand near Ghriba synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia, May 10, 2023. (Moncef Abidi/AP)
May 11, 2023, 1:32 pm
Tunisia president condemns ‘cowardly’ synagogue shooting, insists country still safe
Kais Saied denounces attempt to disturb ‘stability’ as authorities probe guardsman’s motive for killing 5 outside Djerba’s historic Ghriba synagogue
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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
Tunisian soldiers secure an area near the Ghriba synagogue following a shootout on the resort island of Djerba on May 10, 2023. (Fethi Belaid/AFP)
May 10, 2023, 5:47 pm
Death toll in Tunisia synagogue attack rises to five
Third guard dies of wounds, after two Jewish worshipers and two other guards are killed by rogue officer who opened fire on Djerba synagogue during annual pilgrimage
By Agencies
The Imam Hassen Chalghoumi (L), writer Marek Halter (R) and others prepare to take part in The Muslim March Against Terrorism in Paris on July 8, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS GUILLOT)
May 10, 2023, 3:13 pm
French imam asks Israelis to continue Tunisia pilgrimage despite terror attack
Hassen Chalghoumi, who was in Djerba when two Jews were killed there, says the annual event must continue for sake of 1,000-member local Jewish community
By Canaan Lidor
In this picture taken on May 9, 2023, police secure an area near the Ghriba synagogue following a shooting attack on the resort island of Djerba. (YASSINE MAHJOUB / AFP)
May 10, 2023, 2:22 pm
Tunisia terror attack threatens to deal ‘mortal blow’ to rare Jewish pilgrimage
The slaying of two Jews and a soldier risks undoing a Jewish-Arab interaction maintained by the annual visits of about 8,000 French, Israeli and other Jews to the Arab country
By Canaan Lidor
Jewish worshippers attend the annual Jewish pilgrimage at the El Ghriba synagogue in Tunisia's southern resort island of Djerba, on May 8, 2023. (YASSINE MAHJOUB / AFP)
May 10, 2023, 1:11 am
Two worshipers killed in attack at Tunisia synagogue during pilgrimage
Assailant, a naval officer, shot dead by other guards protecting Djerba site, where some 5,000 Jews gathered for annual event; gunman’s motives probed
By Canaan Lidor
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