On May 9, 2023, Wissam Khazri, a 30-year-old national guardsman, killed five people in a mass shooting at the El Ghriba Synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia. Khazri initially killed a colleague and seized his
Pilgrims in 2019
Entrance of synagogue
Paris synagogue attack
The history of the Jews in Tunisia dates back nearly two thousand years to the Punic era. The Jewish community of Tunisia grew following successive waves of immigration and proselytism before its deve
2023 Djerba synagogue shooting
…As the incident occurred at a religious event and at a location of significance to the Jewish community, some observers, including several prominent Tunisian Jewish expats, speculated that the shooter may have been specifically targeting the island's Jewish community. Tunisian authorities acknowledge that the suspect…
Jews of Tunis, c. 1900
Date palm, Byzantine mosaic from the Roman synagogue of Naro in Hammam Lif, 6th century CE, Brooklyn Museum (New York).
View of Jerusalem and the Temple of Solomon by Hartmann Schedel
Tertullian who fought against the expansion of Judaism