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The Hara of Tunis: The Evolution of a North-African Ghetto
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The Jews of Tunis have not been confined to the hara for a long time now. Since the end of the last century, those acquiring a degree of ease have abandoned it and…

Contributor:

Paul Sebag

Places:

Tunis, Tunisia

Date:

1959

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Mizrahi, Jewish quarters, Poverty, Arab-Jewish relations

Categories:

Pedagogy & Schooling, History, Historical Writing
Our Distant Brothers: Letters from Tunis
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Tunis, Rosh Ḥodesh Adar 5648When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria, for they commit falsehood; and the thief enters in, and the troop of…

Contributor:

Shalom Flāḥ

Places:

Tunis, French Protectorate of Tunisia (Tunis, Tunisia)

Date:

1888

Subjects:

Ethiopian, Education, Assimilation, Jewish identity, Adolescence

Categories:

Political Culture, Journalism, Reportage
Piyyut in Honor of R. Faradji Chaouat
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O our God! O our God!May Rabbi Frājī be with us.Come, people, and hear what happened   to Rabbi Frājī, how he passed on.He sent after the gozbar   and said to him “Come before us.”When the gozbar cam…

Contributor:

Makhlouf Nadjar

Places:

Sousse, French Protectorate of Tunisia (Sousse, Tunisia)

Date:

1913

Subjects:

Arabic, Jewish languages, Poetry, Prayer, Jewish identity

Categories:

Literature, Poetry