Djerba

A tourist visits La Ghriba, the oldest synagogue in Africa, on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia.

3 min

Diaspora Affairs

Annual pilgrimage to Africa's oldest synagogue drastically scaled back

Organizers say security beefed up due to tensions over Gaza war and last year's deadly attack

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Tunisia's President Kais Saied is pictured at the Tunis-Carthage International Airport, as he receives his Algerian counterpart visiting Tunis, Tunisia, on December 15, 2021.

2 min

North Africa

Tunisia's Saied denies antisemitism behind synagogue shooting

Tunisian leader Kais Saied invited the Jewish community's rabbi, Haim Bitan, to a meeting at the Presidential Palace

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Jewish worshipers evacuate the area near the Ghriba synagogue following a shootout on the resort island of Djerba, Tunisia.

4 min

North Africa

2 Jewish worshipers among 4 killed in Tunisia synagogue shooting

A naval guard turned gun on comrade, then killed two pilgrims en route to a Tunisian synagogue

Read time: 4 min.