Police in Tunisia arrested a man they believe stabbed a local middle-aged Jew on the island of Djerba. The suspected aggressor, 38-year-old Lasaad Tounsi, is believed to have caused minor injuries to ...

The pilgrimage to Ghriba, the oldest synagogue in Africa, takes place from April 25 to May 2 for the island’s Jewish community and the faithful, mainly Sephardim, who are able to make the trip from ...

Some 3,000 pilgrims attended this year's Jewish pilgrimage to the island, and were guarded by tight security in the wake of attacks and threats of attacks. (JTA) — Tunisia will seek UNESCO World ...

DJERBA, Tunisia — The annual Jewish pilgrimage to the ancient Ghriba synagogue on Tunisia’s Djerba island started Monday without the usual thousands of pilgrims, due to restrictions to stem the ...

DJERBA, Tunisia — An annual Jewish pilgrimage to Africa’s oldest synagogue on Tunisia’s Djerba island began on Friday under tight security but in a festive mood. Dozens of pilgrims from the North ...

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

(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 weather is turning chilly, and as the UK prepares for a cold snap, we’re dreaming of warmer temperatures, and sunny, summer holidays. And if you’re itching to book a flight out of here, some ...

An exchange of gunshots took place on Monday on Djerba, an island just off the Tunisian coast and the location of a Jewish pilgrimage, according to local residents and media reports. One resident said ...

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 ...

In Homer's Odyssey, Ulysses recounts how his seafaring warriors were driven by winds to the shores of the land of the Lotus-Eaters. There, the locals fed them lotus flowers and they became addicted, ...