Posts Tagged: Tunisia Jews
North Africa Signals New Openings for Jews as Morocco Weighs Citizenship Reform, Tunisia Sees Pilgrimage Return
Jews are seeing cautious but notable signs of renewed inclusion in North Africa, as Morocco advances a landmark citizenship proposal for descendants abroad while pilgrims...
Jewish Jewelry Shop Owners Brutally Assaulted in Tunisia Days Before Annual Pilgrimage
A Jewish jewelry shop owner in Djerba, Tunisia, was brutally attacked by a man wielding a machete just days before the Tunisian island was set...
‘The Zionist Movement Has Infiltrated Our Minds:’ Tunisian President Offers Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory to Explain Libyan Floods
Tunisia's President, Kais Saied, this week offered up a full-throated antisemitic conspiracy theory to explain the recent devastating floods in neighboring Libya, marking at least...
Tunisia’s Relations with Israel: Between Recognition and Rejection
Tunisia, like its sister Maghreb states, Egypt and Morocco, is a moderate North African Sunni Muslim Arab country. Like them, it is aligned with the...
Meeting With Chief Rabbi Following Synagogue Atrocity, Tunisian President Again Emphasizes ‘Palestinian Tragedy’
Tunisia's president has met with key religious leaders including the North African country's chief rabbi in the wake of the May 9 deadly attack on...
Amid Escalation in Gaza, Tunisian Soldier Murders Local Jews
A Tunisian national guardsman murdered two Jewish cousins and three Tunisian officers last Tuesday, turning a festive occasion into a tragedy. Aviel and Benjamin Haddad...
Tunisian Authorities Announce Criminal Investigation into Deadly Terror Attack on Djerba Synagogue
The Tunisian authorities have opened an investigation into Tuesday's deadly terrorist attack against the historic El Ghriba Synagogue on the island of Djerba. All roads leading...
Tunisian Jews Are in Immediate Danger
During his election campaign, Tunisian president Kais Saied accused Israel of being at war with the Muslim world, a message that struck a chord in...
The President of Tunisia Slanders the Jews
Ten years after the so-called “Arab Spring” began in Tunisia, that country is in the headlines once again. A series of violent demonstrations have taken...
Jews and Muslims Celebrate Unusual Coexistence in Tunisia’s Djerba
Cyrine Ben Said, a Tunisian Muslim, carried candles and wrote her hopes for the future on an egg in religious ceremony at a synagogue on...
In Tunisia, Jews Gather at Africa’s Oldest Synagogue Under Tight Security
Under tight security at Africa's oldest synagogue, Jewish pilgrims on Wednesday staged their biggest religious ceremony in Tunisia since a 2011 revolution undermined security in the North...
ISIS Attack on Synagogue Foiled in Tunisia
JNS.org - A Tunisian newspaper has revealed that the Islamic State plotted to attack a synagogue in the country, but the plan was foiled. The local Al...
Hundreds of Jews Make Pilgrimage to Ancient Tunisian Synagogue, Despite Terror Threats
JNS.org - Hundreds of Jews are making the pilgrimage to the ancient Tunisian synagogue of El Ghriba on the island of Djerba, despite the...
Tunisian President Expresses Support for Country’s Jewish Community (VIDEO)
JNS.org - Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki visited a Jewish exhibition on the holiday of Purim this week and expressed his support for the Tunisian...
