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2691:, the study of Judaism in Tunisia has grown rapidly during the progressive dissolution of the Jewish community in the context of decolonization and the evolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict while Habib Kazdaghli believes that the departure of the Jewish community is the cause of the low number of studies related to the topic. Kazdaghli, however, points out that their production increases since the 1990s, due to the authors attached to this community, and that the associations of Jews originating from one or another community (Ariana, Bizerte, etc.) or Tunisia multiply. As for the fate of the Jewish community during the period of the German occupation of Tunisia (1942–1943), it remains relatively uncommon, and the Symposium on the Jewish Community of Tunisia held at the University of La Manouba in February 1998 (the first of its kind on this research theme) does not mention it. However, the work of memory of the community exists, with the testimonies of Robert Borgel and Paul Ghez, the novels "The Statue of Salt" by 2717: 3929:
the mint and regulate the coinage of money, they keep the bey's jewels and valuable articles, and are his treasurers, secretaries, and interpreters; the little known of arts, science, and medicine is confined to the Jews. If a Jew commits a crime, if the punishment affects his life, these people, so national, always purchase his pardon; the disgrace of one affects the whole community; they are ever in the presence of the bey, every minister has two or three Jewish agents, and when they unite to attain an object, it cannot be prevented. These people, then, whatever may be said of their oppression, possess a very controlling influence, their friendship is worthy of being preserved by public functionaries, and their opposition is to be dreaded.
3104:), distinguish them from the rest of the population. On the intellectual level, they devote themselves to translation for Christian clients and to the study of the Law, many Rabbis were originally from Carthage. From an economic point of view, they worked in agriculture, livestock and trade. Their situation is modified from the edict of Milan (313) which legalized Christianity. Jews were gradually excluded from most public functions and proselytism was severely punished. The construction of new synagogues was forbidden towards the end of the fourth century and their maintenance without the agreement of the authorities, under a law of 423. However, various councils held by the 4306: 3345:, the Tunisian Jews joined his army under the leadership of their chief, Benjamin ben Joshaphat ben Abiezer. They soon withdrew, however; primarily because they were loath to fight against their coreligionists of other parts of Mauritania, who remained faithful to the caliphate of Baghdad; and secondarily, because of some indignities committed by Idris against Jewish women. The victorious Idris avenged this defection by attacking the Jews in their cities. The Jews were required to pay a capitation-tax and provide a certain number of virgins annually for Idris' 4459:; His protest to his consul led to a strong reaction from the United Kingdom. This situation was beneficial to the Granas, who obtained permission to pay to replace the chechia with a white cap (kbîbes) and the wearing of a sefseri specific for their women, as a way to distinguish themselves from the Tuansa who still had to wear the black cap. However, this concession contradicted with a relative hardening of the authorities during the first decades of the century, as reported by the doctor of the bey, Louis Franck, or the consul of the United States 4728: 3183: 3055: 19: 3819: 4713: 4077:
indigenous coreligionists, the Tuansa, who were considered less "civilized". The Granas were an important contributions whereas they represented only a minority of the Jews of Tunisia. On the other hand, indigenous elites didn't wish to give up their power to newcomers, unlike their Maghreb neighbors, probably due to the later arrival of the Granas in Tunisia. The Granas also differed geographically from the Tuansa, settling in the European district of Tunis, thus avoiding the
3449:. Of the three principal Jewish communities that came into prominence by the 10th century, Ifriqiya (modern-day Tunisia) was the first to flourish, beginning with the establishment of the Shi'ite caliphate of the Fatimids in 909. The Fatimids, in general, were more tolerant towards dhimmi subjects than interpretations in orthodox Sunni Islam. Jews were employed in the civil service, sumptuary laws for non-Muslims were repealed, and the discriminatory tariffs were not imposed. 5276: 4876: 4908: 4467: 3705:. Jewish practices disappeared from the Maghreb from 1165 to 1230; Still they were saddened by the sincere adherence of some to Islam, fears of persecution and the relativization of any religious affiliation. This Islamization of the morals and doctrines of the Jews of Tunisia, meant they as 'dhimmis' (after the disappearance of Christianity in the Maghreb around 1150) isolated from their other coreligionists, and was strongly criticized by the 3430: 2497: 4208: 4095: 3944: 3122: 39: 5402: 3077:) in 1883. The mosaic covering the floor of the main hall, which includes a Latin inscription mentioning sancta synagoga naronitana ("holy synagogue of Naro") and motifs practiced throughout Roman Africa, testified to the ease of its members and the quality of their exchanges with other populations. Other Jewish communities are attested by epigraphic or literary references to Utique, Chemtou, Hadrumète or Thusuros (present 5392: 3678:, who had undertaken a crusade against Tunis, the cities of Kairwan and Ḥammat were declared holy; and the Jews were required either to leave them or to convert to Islam. From that year until the conquest of Tunis by France (1857), Jews and Christians were forbidden to pass a night in either of these cities; and only by special permission of the governor were they allowed to enter them during the day. 5267:, "anti-Jewish" decrees such as the abolition of Tunisia's Jewish Community Council in 1958 and the "destruction" of synagogues, Jewish cemeteries and Jewish quarters for "urban renewal" prompted more than 40,000 Jews to leave Tunisia between 1956 and 1967. By 1970, the majority of Tunisia's Jewish population had left the country. Emigrating Tunisian Jews primarily went to either Israel or France. 4174:
held positions in administration or trade – succeeded in being respected, especially through the protection of influential Muslim personalities, poor Jews were often victims of bullying and even murder, and the authorities didn't seem to intervene. An observer declared that the Jews were recognized "not only in their black costume, but also in the imprint of a curse they carry on their foreheads".
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not the case with the Granas who arrived before 1822. This provision encouraged many Granas of Italian origin to emigrate to Tunisia, where they constituted a foreign minority – 90 persons in 1848, reinforced by a few French and British Jews the protection of the Consul of Tuscany and settled in the Franc district of Tunis unlike the former Granas settled in the Hara; Those who arrived after the
4568:, which refuses any attempt by France to take under its protection its Jewish subjects originating from the newly conquered by Napoleon Tuscany. The Article 2 of the Treaty of July 10, 1822, signed with the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, fixes the duration of the stay of the Granas in Tunisia at two years; they also passed under the sovereignty of the bey and were granted the same status as the Tuansa. 3016: 4064:. This agreement was renewed in 1784 before being annulled in 1899. This takkanah sets, among other rules, the fact that every Israelite from a Muslim country was attached to the Tuansa, while every Israelite from a Christian country was from the Granas. Moreover, the Granas – a richer community, although only 8% of the total population – then accounted for one third of the payment of the 4081:, and more culturally approach the Europeans than their co-religionists. However, the two groups keep the same rites and uses with only a few variants and, outside Tunis, the same community institutions continue to serve all the faithful. Moreover, all the Jews remain under the authority of a single qaid chosen from the Tuansa, presumably to avoid interference with foreigners. 3459:(Qayrawan), now the capital of the Aghlabids, was the seat of the most important community in the territory, attracting migrants from Umayyad, Italy, and the Abbasid Empire. This community would become one of the major poles of Judaism between the ninth and eleventh centuries, both economically, culturally and intellectually, ensuring, through correspondence with the 4605:
these, often treated in an unfair way by the Tunisian courts, was used as a pretext for pressures on the bey. The Sfez affair in 1857 was an illustration of this new context and an opportunity for France and the United Kingdom to intervene on behalf of the defense of human rights and the struggle against absolutism and fanaticism in order to promote their interests.
4809:(Jewish Statutes of October 3, 1940 and June 2, 1941), like the Jews in mainland France. Thus, discriminatory legislation defined the Jews, restricted them in the public service, in educational institutions and journalism, and in liberal professions (numerus clausus), counted them (Jewish census), and forced them to register their property to be subsequently 3411:. Accordingly, Jews as well as Christians were compelled either to embrace Islam or to leave the country. 'Abd al-Mu'min's successors pursued the same course, and their severe measures resulted either in emigration or in forcible conversions. Soon becoming suspicious of the sincerity of the new converts, the Almohadis compelled them to wear a 5306:, assuring them that they have nothing to worry about in a democratic Tunisia, where the Islamists would play a larger role. He even sent gifts to the Jewish nursing homes in Tunis. In November 2012, the community asked for the army's protection when a policeman was arrested after plotting to kidnap a young Jew for a ransom. 2811:. The cultural context allowed them to practice Judaism more in keeping with ancestral traditions. Small Jewish communities existed in the later days of Punic domination over North Africa, without it being possible to say whether they developed or disappeared later. Jews have in any case settled in the new 4600:
and exceptional taxes claimed by the bey according to the needs and were also subject to discrimination. Jews had restricted dress code, according to which they were obliged to wear a black chechia (and not red, like the Muslims), a black or dark blue turban (and not white) and black shoes and not of
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decrees of 1808 aroused a certain sympathy for France among the Jews of Tunisia who were all subjects of the Bey. Thus, in 1809, the Spanish authorities reported that "the Jews are the most relentless partisans of Napoleon". It was even reported that some Jews, including the Granas, wore at that time
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In this context, the Jews played a major role in the economic life of the country, in commerce and crafts, but also in trading and banking. Despite the tariffs being higher than those paid by Muslim or Christian traders (10% vs. 3%), the Granas managed to control and prosper trade with Livorno. Their
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by the Spaniards in 1535, many Jews were made prisoners and sold as slaves in several Christian countries. After the victory of the Ottomans over the Spaniards in 1574, Tunisia became a province of the Ottoman Empire led by deys, from 1591, then by beys, from 1640. In this context, Jews arriving from
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tribes, many of whom would have been won by their proselytism. According to other historians, the Judaization of the Berbers would have taken place four centuries earlier, with the arrival of Jews fleeing the repression of the Cyrenaic revolt; The transition would have been made progressively through
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a first development entirely devoted to the history of this community. In Tunisia, following the thesis of Abdelkrim Allagui, a group under the direction of Habib Kazdaghli and Abdelhamid Largueche brought the subject into the field of national academic research. Founded in Paris on June 3, 1997, the
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On the intellectual level, the growing exchanges between Jews from Tunisia and Livorno facilitated the circulation of printed works in Tuscany and their widespread distribution in Tunisia and the rest of the Maghreb. This led to an important revival of the Tunisian Hebrew studies at the beginning of
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At the beginning of the eighteenth century, the political status of the Jews improved somewhat thanks to the growing influence of the political agents of the European powers who, seeking to improve the living conditions of the Christian residents, also pleaded the Jews. But if the wealthy Jews – who
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From the beginning of the 18th century the political status of the Jews in Tunis improved. This was due to the increasing influence of the political agents of the European powers, who, while seeking to ameliorate the condition of the Christian residents, had to plead also the cause of the Jews, whom
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Yet the relationship between Jews and Arabs changed dramatically from the middle of the century, due to the emergence of European colonial powers in Tunisia, and in France in particular. Indeed, they relied on the presence of Jews to promote their economic and commercial interests: the situation of
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inaugurated a policy of reforms. By virtue of an act correcting the Tunisian-Tuscan Treaty of 1822, signed on November 2, 1846, the Granas established in Tunisia after the treaty or those who came to settle there, obtained the right to retain their status as Tuscans without any time limit, which is
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In 1710, a century of friction between the two groups led to a coup de force of the Livornese community, with a tacit agreement of the authorities. By creating its own community institutions, it creates a schism with the indigenous population. Each of them had their council of notables, their grand
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from the end of the fifteenth century, converted back to Judaism at the beginning of the seventeenth century, and left Tuscany to settle in Tunisia, in the framework of the establishment of commercial relations. They spoke and wrote Tuscan and sometimes Spanish, and constituted a highly influential
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landings in Vichy-Algeria and Vichy-Morocco, the Germans occupied Vichy Tunisia. On November 23, 1942, the Germans arrested Moises Burgel, the president of the Tunis Jewish community, and several other prominent Jews. The Jews of Vichy Tunisia were spared the mass deportations and mass murder that
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sought by this gesture to appease the rancor born of the execution of a Muslim accused of having killed a Jew and to prove that his justice treats his subjects fairly. Nevertheless, the severity of the punishment aroused great emotion in the Jewish community and among the consuls of France and the
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On the socio-economic level, the Jewish population was very heterogeneous. In the country ports, Jewish merchants of European origin control, along with Christians, the exchange of goods with foreign countries and dominated in more than half of trading houses operating in the country. Besides this
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By the middle of the century, the Jews of Tunisia barely knew any literate Arabic, and few of them read and wrote Hebrew. In addition, they generally lived with their precepts, because of their only religious instruction and they have little knowledge of the Arab-Muslim letters, unlike the Jews of
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However, some questioned the authority of the religious leaders: a Jewish broker, working for a French trading house and condemned to beating in May 1827 for invoking the name of God, appealed the decision to the consul of France. Following the protest of the latter to the bey, it was decided that
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A state farmer, surrounded by some of the most fortunate and educated notables, also collected taxes such as the tithes, the tax on kosher meat and the offerings of the faithful. These allow him to pay for his services, those of his deputies and the rabbis-judges104 and finance the synagogues, the
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in 1756 to 4,572 piastres in 1806 – and had to pay additional taxes (ghrâma) whenever the sovereign's treasury was in difficulty, as the Muslims sometimes did. Moreover, they were periodically obliged to carry out public works and were subjected to forced labor which affected mainly the poorest of
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With all the apparent oppression, the Jews are the leading men; they are in Barbary the principal mechanics, they are at the head of the custom-house, they farm the revenues; the exportation of various articles, and the monopoly of various merchandise, are secured to them by purchase, they control
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rule the Jews of Tunis enjoyed a fair amount of security. They were free to practice their religion and administer their own affairs. Nevertheless, they were subject to the caprices of princes and outbursts of fanaticism. Petty officials were allowed to impose upon them the most difficult drudgery
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until democratic elections would be held later in the year, took office. The new secular constitution for the first time explicitly protected not only freedom of religion, but freedom of conscience (freedom to become atheist, leave or change religions), and explicitly protected minorities such as
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dynasty was established. Under the rule of this dynasty, which lasted until 909, the situation of the Jews in Tunis was very favorable. As of old, Bizerta had a Jewish governor, and the political influence of the Jews made itself felt in the administration of the country. Especially prosperous at
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Quickly introduced to the Beylic Court, they performed executive functions of court – collectors of taxes, treasurers and intermediaries without authority over Muslims – and noble professions in medicine, finance or diplomacy. Even if they settled in the same neighborhoods, they had virtually no
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or scholars and had to consult those of Algeria or Morocco on religious questions. In the fifteenth century, each community was autonomous – recognized by power from the moment it counts at least ten major men – and has its own institutions; Their communal affairs were directed by a chief (zaken
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at the beginning of the eleventh century and acquired its first secular chief. Each community was placed under the authority of a council of notables headed by a chief (naggid) who, through the faithful, disposes of the resources necessary for the proper functioning of the various institutions:
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have assimilated. The Tuansa spoke the Judeo-Tunisian dialect, and occupied a modest social position. This is why, contrary to what was happening elsewhere in the Maghreb, these new populations were hardly accepted, which gradually leads to the division of the Jewish community into two groups.
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The socio-cultural and economic differences between these two communities have increased in the nineteenth century. The Granas, due to their European origins and higher standard of living, but also to their economic, family and cultural ties with Livorno, found it difficult to cope with their
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charge of the Jews (qdyd el yihud) and that of Receiver General of Finance under the authority of the Treasurer of the Kingdom (khaznadar). He was an intermediary between the bey and his community and therefore enjoyed entry to the court. He had a very important bureaucratic power over those
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to the end of the eleventh century, and their communities participated in these economic and intellectual exchanges. Monopolizing the goldsmiths' and jewelers' crafts, they also worked in the textile industry, as tailors, tanners and shoemakers, while the smallest rural communities practiced
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describes Jewish communities alongside which Pagan Jews of Punic, Roman and Berber origin and, initially, Christians; The success of Jewish proselytism led the pagan authorities to take legal measures, while Tertullian wrote a pamphlet against Judaism at the same time. On the other hand, the
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was sent to enforce the demands of the French government. Mohammed Bey yielded, and issued a constitution, according to which all Tunisians, without distinction of creed, were to enjoy equal rights. The following articles of this constitution were of special interest to the Jews:
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The constitution was abrogated in 1864 in consequence of a revolution, which entailed great suffering on several Jewish communities, especially on that of Sfax; but the constant fear of foreign interference rendered the government very circumspect in its treatment of the Jews.
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With the exception of Isaac Lumbroso's Zera Itshak, all the works were printed in Livorno, Tunis, which didn't have a well-known printing press, the only attempt to make one was in 1768 was considered a failure because of the lack of knowledge on the subject. Rabbi
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Political action is therefore seen as a means of putting an end to the exceptional status of Jews, constituting "a real break in the mental universe of Jewish communities, a rupture which breaks the old world of submission to the order of things". In 1853, the
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Jews were economically, culturally and linguistically integrated into society, while retaining their cultural and religious peculiarities. If it is slow, arabization is faster in urban areas, following the arrival of Jews from the East in the wake of the
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wealthy class of traders and bankers, mainly Livornese, there was a middle class consisting of merchants and craftsmen. These Jews played an important role in the retail trade, especially in the capital, where they were established in two souks of the
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ibn Shahin, rector of the Center of Studies at the end of the tenth century, is the official representative of the Talmudic academies of Babylonia, acting as intermediaries between them and his own community. Jacob ibn Shahin was succeeded by his son,
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on Djerba. The current building was constructed in late 19th or early 20th century, but the site is believed to have had a synagogue on it for the past 1,900 years. Tunisian Jews have for centuries made an annual pilgrimage to the synagogue on
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During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Jews were still subjected to harassing and discriminatory measures, particularly on the part of the judicial system which was arbitrary in their regard, with the exception of the more tolerant
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that served as their headdress had to be black and wrapped in a dark turban, unlike the Muslims who wore a red chechia surrounded by a white turban. The Granas, dressed in European fashion, wore wigs and round hats like Christian merchants.
4692:"No manner of duress will be imposed upon our Jewish subjects forcing them to change their faith, and they will not be hindered in the free observance of their religious rites. Their synagogues will be respected, and protected from insult." 4620:. Following a traffic incident and an altercation with a Muslim, he was accused by Muslim of having insulted Islam; witnesses subsequently confirmed before a notary that they witnessed the scene. He was charged and convicted, according to 7521: 4769:
as the mother tongue of the Jews of French Tunisia. Additionally, more Jewish children began attending state schools throughout the country, which slowly lead to the diffusion of French culture and lifestyle within the Jewish community.
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in France's three North African territories (the three departments, 91, 92, and 93, in French Algeria, the two French protectorates of Morocco and Tunisia) is intrinsically tied to France's fate during this period." Holocaust scholar
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co-religionaries in whom he apportioned the payment of the jizya – of which they were collectively liable – according to the resources of each household. It also refers to those who performed the duties imposed by the authorities.
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There was also a poor class of Jews which were unable to survive without the charity organized by their community. Another group, the Bahusim (baḥuṣim, Hebrew for "outsiders") were semi-nomadic Jews in western Tunisia and eastern
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bright color. They could not live outside their assigned neighborhoods and could not access real estate. Finally, when they were victims of vexations or violence, they did not receive reparation for the harm they have suffered.
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Presently, the earliest verifiable record of the presence in Jews in Tunisia is from the second century. However, there are other, mostly speculative, ideas about when Jews first arrived to the land presently known as Tunisia:
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against two-thirds for the Tuansa. This last point indicated that the Livornese community, previously protected by the European consuls, has sufficiently integrated into Tunisia so that its members were considered
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ha-yehudim) nominated by the government, and assisted by a council of notables (gdolei ha-qahal) made up of the most educated and wealthy family heads. The chief's functions consisted in the administration of
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other Muslim countries. Nevertheless, the comings and goings between Tunis and Europe contributed to a certain desire for emancipation and freedom in wearing the clothes assigned to them; in January 1823
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Despite the split between the groups, the figure of the Grand Rabbi had considerable authority among his followers. By virtue of his function as president of the rabbinical court, he watches over
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on the basis of eleventh-century Arab chronicles. However, this version is fairly questioned: Haim Zeev Hirschberg recalls that the historian wrote his work several centuries after the facts,
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was also prohibited during this period. Finally, the behavior of the Muslim population towards the communities varied from the will to rigorous application of the dhimma by the
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Jews from official or unofficial discrimination. The new Tunisian constitution is the first of its kind in the Maghreb and the Arab world in embracing both Arabism and liberal
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the eighteenth century, embodied in particular by the rabbis Semah Sarfati, Abraham Ha-Cohen, Abraham Benmoussa, Abraham Taïeb and Joseph Cohen-Tanugi. Among the works of the
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without compensation. They were obliged to wear a special costume, consisting of a blue frock without collar or ordinary sleeves (loose linen sleeves being substituted), wide
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drawers, black slippers, and a small black skull-cap; stockings might be worn in winter only. They might ride only on asses or mules, and were not permitted to use a saddle.
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refers to the Tunisian Jews as "brothers in the homeland" (Ikhwanoun fil watan), although he accuses some of them of exaggerating to seek the protection of foreign consuls.
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Communities were structured under the authority of a leader of the "Jewish nation" with the title of hasar ve ha-tafsar, a prestigious and powerful post containing both the
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was responsible for rendering justice, with the rabbinical court serving as a chamber of appeal. One of the most rigorous penalties that the latter could pronounce was the
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Between the end of World War II and the independence of Tunisia in March 1956, there was deep debate in the Tunisian Jewish community over Zionism. Anti-Jewish attacks in
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Joseph Scemama, with whom the bey was on very intimate terms, probably used his influence in behalf of his coreligionists. That year, however Mohammed Bey had a Jew named
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However, if these hypotheses were verified, it is probable that these Israelites would have assimilated to the Punic population and sacrificed to their divinities, like
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Society of Jewish History of Tunisia contributes to the research on the Jews of Tunisia and transmits their history through conferences, symposia and exhibitions.
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and Richard Wood. They then took advantage of it to exert pressure on the sovereign to embark on the path of liberal reforms similar to those promulgated in the
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in the 6th century BCE. The ruins of an ancient synagogue dating back to the 3rd–5th century CE was discovered by the French captain Ernest De Prudhomme in his
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A tradition among the descendants of the first Jewish settlers was that their ancestors settled in that part of North Africa long before the destruction of the
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with little tolerance towards the "people of the book" meant material and spiritual misery. The massive settlement of Jewish-Spanish scholars fleeing from the
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is no doubt older and grew up following successive waves of immigration and proselytism before its development was hampered by anti-Jewish measures in the
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mention the existence of several Carthaginian rabbis. In addition, Alfred Louis Delattre demonstrates towards the end of the nineteenth century that the
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was strict, especially in matters of dress, but systematic persecution, social exclusion and hindrance to worship had disappeared. New trades appeared:
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Some Jews have fled the Byzantine-controlled cities to settle in the mountains or on the confines of the desert and fight there with the support of the
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was seen as having the most liberal policy toward Jews among the Arabic-speaking nations, even going so far as to apologize to Tunisia's chief rabbi
5179: 3349:. The Jewish tribe 'Ubaid Allah preferred to migrate to the east rather than to submit to Idris; according to a tradition, the Jews of the island of 233: 5766:(1978) by Alain Cohen and Georges Nizan. French television. Documentary on the 2,500 year old community in Djerba and their culture and traditions. 4414:
Mishha di-Ributa (1805) by Messaoud-Raphael El-Fassi, an important commentary by Choulhan Aroukh, accompanied by works by his sons Haym and Solomon;
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was one of the major commentators of the Talmud in the Middle Ages. After his death, his work was continued by another disciple of his father whom
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In January 2014, the Ennahda-led government voluntarily stepped aside and a transitional government, appointed to rule during the drafting of the
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courts. Jews were still subjected to the collective payment of the jizya – the annual amount of which varied according to the year, from 10,332
2594:, the Jewish population of Tunisia, was estimated at 105,000 individuals in 1948. These Jews lived mainly in Tunis, with communities present in 6797: 5122: 5071: 4751:. Contact with the French colonizers of Tunisia and the official presence of the French facilitated the assimilation of the Jews of Tunisia to 3761:
In the 14th and 15th centuries, the Jews of Tunis were treated more cruelly than those elsewhere in the Maghreb. While refugees from Spain and
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to the Jewish dogma. Israeli's works in Arabic were studied in their Hebrew and Latin translations in both medieval and Renaissance Europe.
3306:" (including Jews and Christians) were given a choice between conversion to Islam (which some Jewish Berbers have done) and legal status as 8042: 5172: 4891: 3701:. Indeed, many Jews, while outwardly professing Islam, remained faithful to their religion, which they observed in secret, as advocated by 75: 3283:
In any case, even if the hypothesis of the massive conversion of whole tribes appears fragile, individual conversions seem more probable.
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vassals to seize power and eventually break their bonds of political and religious submission in the middle of the eleventh century. The
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and they have been nomad warriors. Their descendants, also named "Bahusim", remained in the eastern part of Algeria up to modern times.
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of the Tunisian community, Nessim Samama, obtains the abolition of the chores to which his co-religionists were hitherto constrained.
3670:, obtained for them the right to settle in a special quarter of the city. This quarter, called the "Hira," constituted until 1857 the 3039:, made up of 200 rock chambers, each containing up to 17 complex tombs (kokhim), contains Jewish symbols and funerary inscriptions in 82: 8102: 7822: 7547: 5798: 3403:
had permitted the Jews free exercise of their religion for only five hundred years, and had declared that if, after that period, the
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became the leading political force in the country, elected as the largest party in the transitional government. The party's leader,
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shaked both the Jewish communities of Tunisia and the Muslims attached to the cult of the saints, declared by the new sovereigns as
3108:, recommending Christians not to follow certain practices of their Jewish neighbors, testify to the maintenance of their influence. 3268:
that the French translation is not totally exact since it does not render the idea of the contingency expressed by the author, and
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At the same time, while Tunisia was gradually opening up to European influences and also undergoing its pressure, the sovereign
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economic and cultural elite in the rest of the Italian community. Their surnames recalled their Spanish or Portuguese origin.
3611:, these events marked the end of the Kairouan community and reversed the migratory flow of the Jewish populations towards the 8027: 7670: 7063: 6450: 6218: 4922: 4181:
denied Jews the right to acquire and possess real estate properties, while the learning of literal Arabic and the use of the
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and Eastern Europe permitted them to avoid the fate of their coreligionists in Metropolitan France. Immediately after the
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stated that "according to members of the Jewish community, there are approximately 1,500 Jewish citizens in the country".
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worked in the service of the dynasty, as treasurers, doctors, or tax collectors but their situation remained precarious.
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In the 7th century, the Jewish population was augmented by Spanish immigrants, who, fleeing from the persecutions of the
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In May 2023, a Tunisian police officer killed four in a shooting near Africa's oldest synagogue, Synagogue La Ghriba on
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went through periods of relative freedom or even cultural apogee to times of more marked discrimination. The arrival of
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the rabbinical court would no longer pronounce sentence for religious offense to a Jew placed under French protection.
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From bride to mother-in-law: The world of Jewish women in southern Tunisia and its reflection in popular literature
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Stillman, Norman (April 20, 2012). "The Jews in the Medieval Arabic-Speaking World". In Levenson, Alan T. (ed.).
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typically use French as their first language, while the few still left in Tunisia tend to use either French or
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The history of the Jews of Tunisia (until the establishment of the French protectorate) was first studied by
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on the most diverse subjects and a collection of homilies and funeral eulogies pronounced from 1767 to 1810.
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councils deemed it necessary to enact restrictive laws against them. After the overthrow of the Vandals by
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to the absence of hostility of the rural population, marginalized urban fringes but assured of impunity.
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calls Jewish mutazilite: Nissim ben Jacob, the only one among the sages of Kairouan to bear the title of
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from their clothes, encouraged by the Allied soldiers who liberated their village from Vichy French rule
3891:) in Hebrew after the name of the city in both languages, were wealthier than the Jewish natives called 8198: 8159: 7206: 7110: 6172: 6028: 5624: 4056:, synagogues, schools, butcher's shop and a separate cemetery. This state of affairs was endorsed by a 3831:
Italy have played an important role in the life of the country and in the history of Tunisian Judaism.
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and France, where it has preserved its community identity through its traditions, mostly dependent on
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in 1952 and conflict surrounding the independence struggle resulted in the first wave of emigration.
5225:, a Muslim Arab of Vichy Tunisia, "the Arab Schindler," was the first Arab nominated for the Israeli 4949: 4805: 4781: 4629: 3913: 3754:, and the Tunisian Jews, abandoned by this phenomenon, were led to consult Algerian scholars such as 3467: 2610: 2571: 2438: 2131: 1982: 1923: 814: 6809: 5440:
until his death on December 3, 2004. Memorial services were held at the Beit Mordekhai Synagogue in
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Erekh ha-Shoulhan (1791–1891) by Isaac Taïeb, a book dealing with the laws and commenting on the
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of the new masters of Roman Africa was closer to the Jewish religion than the Catholicism of the
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In addition to these, every Jewish tradesman and industrialist had to pay an annual tax to the
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The living conditions of the Jews in Tunisia were relatively favorable during the reign of the
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The first documents attesting to the presence of Jews in Tunisia date from the second century.
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When the Nazis invaded Vichy Tunisia, the country was home to some 100,000 Jews. According to
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Mishkenot ha-Roim (1860) and Hayyim va-Chesed (1873) by Ouziel El-Haik, a collection of 1,499
2748:(king of Israel) could have been among the founders of Phoenician counters, including that of 2663:(1952) and later by Haim Zeev Hirschberg (1965), in the more general context of North African 8060: 8037: 7993: 7199: 5456: 4810: 4041: 3524: 3273: 2733: 2630: 2531: 2292: 2287: 2232: 2020: 935: 663: 650: 545: 262: 6466: 6402:"Emerging Identities in Colonial Tunisia: "Alliancist" and Zionist Representations in Tunis" 4859:
The Jews of Vichy-French North Africa were relatively fortunate because their distance from
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law and despite his protestations, was sentenced by the Charaa court to a death penalty for
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in 586 BC; They would have carried away a vestige of the destroyed Temple, preserved in the
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in 698 the governor of that district was a Jew. When Tunis came under the dominion of the
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Migdanot Nathan (1778–1785) by Élie Borgel, series of commentaries on Talmudic treatises;
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and resold. The Tuansa saw themselves conceding the monopoly of the leather trade by the
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During the Spanish occupation of the Tunisian coasts (1535–74) the Jewish communities of
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granted the Jews a privileged status confirmed by the Magna Charta pro Judaeis under the
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With the Arab conquest and the arrival of Islam in Tunisia in the eighth century, the "
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due to growing manifestations of antisemitism and the difficult economic situation.
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banking activities and participated in the purchase of Christian slaves captured by
3360:(it is said, by the governor's physician Shamma, probably a Jew), and circa 800 the 3353:
are the descendants of that tribe. In 793 Imam Idris was poisoned at the command of
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after hundreds of years of subjection and would have adopted Latinized names, worn
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Ornaments of Tarshish: The Attire and the Jewelry of the Jewish Women in Tunisia
4677:. This execution aroused both Jews and Christians, and a deputation was sent to 3511:, considered the greatest of the Qayrawan sages. Another academy was founded by 3482:
in Arabic which would enrich the medieval medicine through their translation by
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provinces in 1146 proved disastrous to the Jews of Tunis. The first Almohad, '
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Following independence, a mixed picture emerged. On the one hand President
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From the 16th century Tunisia and more particularly Tunis had an influx of
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of Tunis; it was closed at night. In 1270, in consequence of the defeat of
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Justinian, a Byzantine emperor who launched a severe repression of the Jews
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Many major figures of Judaism are associated with the city. Among them is
3310:. The dhimmi is a term for non-Muslims, originally Jews and Christians as 2910:. Under the dominion of the Romans and (after 429) of the fairly tolerant 2843:, expelled from Rome for proselytizing, 20 by a number of defeated in the 7842: 7610: 7143: 6699:"Chief Rabbi of Djerba Dies in a Jerusalem Hospital – Latest News Briefs" 5918: 5732: 5641: 5592: 5588: 5539: 5441: 5437: 5433: 5275: 5260: 5212: 5052: 4964: 4959: 4662: 4294: 4044:. Jews who were traveling as Tunisians worked in the retail trade in the 3793:
a communal tax, to which every member contributed according to his means;
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agriculture (saffron, henna, vine, etc.) or breeding of nomadic animals.
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and Nefzaouas quoted were of Christian confession before the arrival of
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issued his edict of persecution in which the Jews were classed with the
8107: 7827: 7721: 6072:"Hirschberg, H. Z. 1903-1976 (Haim Zeev) [WorldCat Identities]" 5635: 5508: 5326: 5200: 4907: 4682: 4512: 4504: 4488: 4466: 3773:, only some chose to settle in Tunis. The Tunisian Jews had no eminent 3725: 3706: 3702: 3596: 3555: 3334: 3249: 3089: 3074: 3073:
A synagogue of the 2nd or 4th century, was discovered in Naro (present
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in North Africa, and also by Jews fleeing the repression of revolts in
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announced that it had allocated funding to help Tunisian Jews move to
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attempts to repeal these measures, his successors return there and an
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Hoq Nathan (1776) by Nathan Borgel, an important Talmudic commentary;
4030: 3442: 3429: 3361: 2996: 2852: 2496: 2227: 2212: 1302: 1250: 1012: 960: 950: 631: 627: 617: 532: 292: 7036:(in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Misgav Yerushalayim, The Hebrew University. 4207: 4094: 3943: 3924:, gave the following account of the situation of the Tunisian Jews: 3731:
Although the difficulty of the economic context leads to a surge of
3519:, developed the simultaneous study of the Talmud of Babylon and the 3121: 980: 38: 7693: 7659: 6926:"Les témoins de la Bible : les Juifs de Djerba | WorldCat.org" 5429: 5401: 4716: 4609: 4560: 4362: 4329: 4286: 4278: 4057: 4053: 3762: 3690: 3539: 3512: 3499: 3479: 3456: 3400: 3373:), which was established soon after the foundation of that city by 3370: 3195: 3033: 2958: 2931: 2927: 2860: 2832: 2749: 2396: 2006: 1938: 769: 277: 228: 5391: 4739: 3895:. They spoke and wrote in Italian but gradually adopted the local 3615:, with the elites having already accompanied the Fatimid court in 3575: 3538:
On the political level, the community emancipated itself from the
2914:, the Jews of Tunis increased and prospered to such a degree that 2482: 8085: 7714: 7148: 6572: 6155: 5951: 5647: 5365: 5330: 5295: 4944: 4528: 4524: 4317: 4166: 4008: 4004: 3872: 3835: 3779: 3770: 3766: 3751: 3747: 3698: 3624: 3604: 3543: 3404: 3392: 3366: 3342: 3244: 3237: 3191: 3097: 3093: 3000: 2983: 2962: 2911: 2868: 2745: 2737: 2664: 2551: 2539: 2523: 2501: 2372: 2338: 2207: 2001: 990: 985: 857: 748: 643: 639: 635: 384: 379: 356: 338: 213: 208: 198: 176: 151: 23: 6304:"On the State of Being (Jewish) between "Orient" and "Occident"" 4628:
and beheaded with a saber sword on June 24, 1857. The sovereign
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Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture
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connection with the Tuansa, to which Jews from the rest of the
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Histoire des Juifs de Tunisie : des origines à nos jours
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operates three primary schools, two secondary schools, and a
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During pro-Palestine protests on 17 October 2023 during the
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French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
6351:"Vichy Discrimination against Jews in Vichy North Africa" 5921:"2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Tunisia" 4788:, the new French state ruled by collaborationist Marshal 6021: 5741:, French cartoonist killed in the Charlie Hebdo shooting 3638:, which was established in 1236 as a breakaway from the 3591:
The departure of the Fatimids to Egypt in 972 led their
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worship, schools, a tribunal headed by the rabbi-judge (
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History of the Jews of Tunisia: from origins to our days
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also benefited from the application of this provision.
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At the beginning of the 5th century the arrival of the
6860:"Décret du 2 mai 2012 portant promotion et nomination" 5644:, French artist, journalist, film director, and writer 4448:
has ordered all Jews living in Tunisia to wear a cap.
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a general tax, which was levied upon the Muslims also.
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A period of reaction set in with the accession of the
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