Tunis — A Tunisian police officer shot dead four people at Africa's oldest synagogue in an attack Tuesday that sparked panic during an annual Jewish pilgrimage on the island of Djerba. The officer ...

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Who could have imagined that a group of Jewish tourists from the former Soviet Union—still learning the rhythm and soul of ...

Some 3,000 pilgrims attended this year's Jewish pilgrimage to the island, and were guarded by tight security in the wake of attacks and threats of attacks. (JTA) — Tunisia will seek UNESCO World ...

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities opened an investigation Wednesday into a shooting attack at a synagogue that killed two Jewish pilgrims and three members of the country's security forces.

DJERBA, Tunisia – Tunisia's prime minister has opened a conference on dialogue between religions on the island of Djerba during an annual Jewish pilgrimage that is taking place amid high security.

TUNIS, Tunisia – The annual Jewish pilgrimage to the Tunisian island of Djerba should be maintained as a symbol of the North African nation's openness to the world, Tunisia's tourism minister said ...

Three people are dead and nine are wounded in an attack on Tuesday on the island of Djerba in Tunisia. The attack happened near the Lag B’Omer Hilula celebration at the al-Gharībain (Ghriba) synagogue ...

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DJERBA, Tunisia (Reuters) - Cyrine Ben Said, a Tunisian Muslim, carried candles and wrote her hopes for the future on an egg in religious ceremony at a synagogue on the southern island of Djerba. She ...

A community does not let a tragedy get in the way of celebrating new life. (JTA) — The day after a gunman killed four people outside an ancient place of Jewish worship on the Tunisian island of Djerba ...