דער קערפער פֿון השם"The annual #Jewish #pilgrimage to the 26-century-old #ElGhriba #Synagogue in #Tunisia drew a modest but notable return of international visitors this year, worshipping together under tight security after a deadly 2023 attack disrupted the festival.
Visitors came from #France, #China, #IvoryCoast and #Italy, including France’s ambassador to Tunisia, a symbolic gesture after two #French citizens were among those killed in the 2023 attack. A national guardsman shot and killed five people at the El-Ghriba synagogue soon after the festival that year, spreading fear among the local Jewish population and international #pilgrims."
Foreign visitors return to Jewish pilgrimage in Tunisia under tight security
Participants said about 500 people have attended this year’s pilgrimage, held on the Mediterranean island of Djerba, to celebrate the Lag B’Omer Jewish holiday. Jews have lived in Tunisia since Roman times and the pilgrimage remains central to the country’s small but long-standing Jewish community.
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