Culture: Tunisian Jews brought their vibrant culture to Israel, blending traditional North African influences with Israeli ...

"We know that there is real distress among the Jews of Tunisia, many of whom would like to immigrate to Israel," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the meeting. "We will increase the ...

Despite their distance from European centers, the Jews of North Africa were forcefully displaced to detention and labor camps ...

The 42-year-old local helps exhume about a dozen bodies each year for transport to Israel, where the majority of Tunisian-born Jews have moved, and where they want their ancestors to move ...

A security guard shot and killed five people, including two Jewish cousins from France and Israel, May 9 at the 2,500-year-old El Ghriba Synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba. The shooting ...

Antisemitic riots following Israel’s stunning victory in the short conflict led to around 40,000 Jews leaving Tunisia for the Jewish state between 1967 and 1968. Today, it is estimated only a ...

Winner of the Karen Hayesod United Israel Appeal Leyb Yoffe Prize. "Fascist Italy faced a conflict with Nazi Germany regarding the fate of Jews, especially those of the Italian communities in ...

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