DJERBA, Tunisia (AP) — The annual Jewish pilgrimage to the 26-century-old El-Ghriba Synagogue in Tunisia drew a modest but ...

A Tunisian Jewish jeweler has been injured in a knife attack in Djerba, days before the island holds its yearly Jewish pilgrimage, community representative Rene Trabelsi said. The motive for the ...

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 ...

Despite concerns, some pilgrims say the reality on the ground is reassuring, pointing to a welcoming atmosphere and strong ...

DJERBA, Tunisia — Diplomats from the United States and France visited the Ghriba synagogue on Tunisia’s Djerba island on Sunday to commemorate the victims of a deadly attack there last year, as ...

TUNIS, Tunisia — UNESCO announced Monday it was adding the Tunisian resort island of Djerba to its list of World Heritage Sites because of its ancient ruins, whitewashed villages, mosques, churches ...

Nestled in the southern Mediterranean, off the southeast coast of Tunisia, lies the island of Djerba. With a rich cultural and religious history, it has been a crossroad of many civilizations, ...

(JTA) — Tunisia will seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the island of Djerba, the site of an annual Jewish pilgrimage. Tunisia’s culture minister, Mohamed Zine El-Abidine, made the announcement on ...

The UN cultural agency UNESCO on Monday added Tunisia’s Djerba island to its list of World Heritage Sites. In a statement, The Tunisian Culture Ministry said the resort island was voted to the list ...

Djerba, Tunisia --Cracked tombstones litter the perimeter of the cemetery behind the Great Synagogue that anchors this tiny Tunisian Jewish community, but it was not vandals who broke them. Hundreds ...