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    barriers at the ancient El Ghriba synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba. The truck detonated at the front of the synagogue, killing 14 German tourists...
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  • at the El Ghriba Synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia. Khazri initially killed a colleague and seized his ammunition before targeting the synagogue, where a large...
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    into the "marvelous synagogue", also known as Ghriba, which still stands in Djerba. The Jewish community differs from others in Djerba in their dress, personal...
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    community's synagogue was the victim of the 2002 Ghriba synagogue bombing and the 2023 Djerba shooting. Oral tradition of the Jews of Djerba, as well as...
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    Great Synagogue of London, destroyed by aerial bombing in the London Blitz in 1941 The Great Synagogue of Tunis The El Ghriba synagogue of Djerba The Great...
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    Jericho. El Ghriba Synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia is said to have been built in 586 BC or 70 AD, which would make it the oldest synagogue still standing...
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  • Synagogue (Bangkok), Even Chen Synagogue (Bangkok) Tunisia: Beit Knesset Kohanim HaDintreisa (Djerba), El Ghriba synagogue (Djerba), Zarzis Synagogue...
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  • Jewish institutions, such as synagogues, Jewish Community Centers, and the headquarters of Jewish organizations. 1950s synagogue bombings: 1958 – March 16:...
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  • of some synagogues. It also authorizes the Jewish community to run private religious schools and allows Jewish children on the island of Djerba to share...
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    Mellah of Fez Marrakesh — Mellah of Marrakesh Tangier Tunisia Djerba island — El Ghriba Tunis — Hara China Shanghai — Shanghai ghetto, a temporary Jewish...
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    settled in Djerba island off the coast of southern Tunisia during the Roman period. Mainly composed of Cohanim, they notably built the Ghriba synagogue with...
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    in a shooting near Africa’s oldest synagogue, Synagogue La Ghriba on Djerba, also the site of 2002's Ghriba synagogue bombing. An attacker fired a gun into...
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    the country's main resources, including Jewish pilgrimages to the El Ghriba Synagogue, which is frequented by Israeli Jews despite the absence of relations...
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    Maya Jribi (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    construct", and proposed to disallow Israeli pilgrims to visit the El Ghriba synagogue on Djerba island. Maya Jribi, announced her retirement, during the Republican...
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  • Tamezret. Berber culture. (Late April) Passover Festival – El-Ghriba Synagogue, Djerba. (April or May) The Jerid Festival – Nefta and surrounding towns...
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    for synagogues and the architectural shapes and interior designs of synagogues vary greatly. The Reform movement mostly refer to their synagogues as temples...
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    Tunisia (category Member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie)
    an island in the Gulf of Gabès, is home to El Ghriba synagogue, which is one of the oldest synagogues in the world and the oldest continuously used....
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    most famous historic synagogues in Tunisia is the 19th-century El Ghriba synagogue. The madrasa was an institution which originated in northeastern Iran...
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    to be tried in a Venezuelan court. Ghriba synagogue bombing: 21 people are killed in a synagogue bombing in Djerba, Tunisia. April 14 – President Hugo...
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  • Today it has a Jewish community of less than 2,000 people. The El Ghriba Synagogue in Djerba has twice been the target of terrorist atrocities: in 2002 an...
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    clashes were the most serious terrorist activity in Tunisia since the Ghriba synagogue bombing in 2002. Starting in 2012, AQIM along with Ansar al-Sharia...
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    Tunisian Al-Qaeda operative used a truck bomb to attack the El Ghriba synagogue on Djerba island. The attack killed 19 people and injured 30 and was planned...
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