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La Ghriba Djerba, Tunisia
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Jules Lellouche painted the interior of this synagogue in Djerba during World War II, when Tunisia was ruled by Vichy France. Though Tunisia’s Jewish community escaped mass deportations and murder in…

Contributor:

Jules Lellouche

Places:

French Protectorate of Tunisia (Tunisia)

Date:

1939–1949

Subjects:

Painting, Aesthetics, Synagogue, Cities

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Painting
Painting depicting arches and pews inside of a synagogue.
Introduction to Translation of Avraham Mapu’s The Hypocrite into Judeo-Arabic
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In the early days of November 1942 (on November 14th) the German army conquered Tunisia with the aim of repelling the Allied Armies (the English and American) in Morocco, Algeria, and western Tunisia…

Contributor:

Isaac ben Jacob Mamo

Places:

Nabeul, French Protectorate of Tunisia (Tunisia)

Date:

1942–1943

Subjects:

War, Cities, Nazis, Antisemitism

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, History, Historical Writing, Memoirs & Diaries