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Sep 2025
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Diaspora Communities

Persecution and exodus of Jews from Tunisia and Algeria

Jews lived for more than 2.500 years in countries in the Middle East and North Africa. From the arrival of Islam, in the 7th century AD, Jews could live in Islamic domains as dhimmis, a legal and social condition of

The El Ghriba synagogue

Center of Jewish life on the island of Djerba, a few kilometers off the coast of Tunisia, El Ghriba is the oldest synagogue in that country and probably in all of Africa. Today, the 1.100 Jews who live in the area are practically all

Persecution and exodus of Jews from Arab countries

For more than 2.500 years, countries in the Middle East and North Africa were home to Jews. However, in the last six decades, more than 99% of them have been forced to leave Muslim nations, from both regions, so that,

Jews of Prague, from the 10th century to emancipation

The Jewish community in Prague, created in the High Middle Ages, is the oldest in Bohemia. Its history is marked by profound anti-Semitism, the intensity of which reflects the social and economic problems of each historical period. Between the

The Spanish Synagogue in Prague

Built in 1868, the Spanish Synagogue in Prague is one of the most beautiful in Europe. Its name probably refers to the neo-Moorish architectural style, inspired by the art of the Islamic period, in the history

The Mountain Jews

In the long history of our people, members of the Ten Tribes of Israel settled in the Caucasus Mountains. The “Mountain Jews”, as they came to be called in the 19th century, lived for many centuries isolated from the other Children of God.

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