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Jewish jeweler attacked, fingers severed in antisemitic machete attack in Djerba, Tunisia

A Jewish jewellery shop owner was attacked by a man with a machete in Djerba, Tunisia on Wednesday morning, sources from the Djerba Jewish community told the Jerusalem Post. According to the French ...
UNESCO

Djerba: Testimonio de un patrón de asentamiento en un territorio insular

This serial property is a testimony to a settlement pattern that developed on the island of Djerba around the 9th century CE amidst the semi-dry and water-scarce environment. Low‑density was its key ...
The Times of Israel

Diplomats pay respects in Djerba year after deadly attack on Jewish worshipers

DJERBA, Tunisia — Diplomats from the United States and France visited the Ghriba synagogue on Tunisia’s Djerba island on Sunday to commemorate the victims of a deadly attack there last year, as ...
The Guardian

Tunisia's last Jewish community dreams of a move to Israel 'en masse'

In one of the last Jewish enclaves in the Arab world, families are leaving as tourism declines and security threats intensify Cracked tombstones litter the cemetery behind Djerba’s Great Synagogue, ...