North African Jewry

The Story of North African Jewry Doesn’t Fit into Academic Narratives about Colonialism

Neither victims nor collaborators.

Lyn Julius
Dec. 8 2022 12:01AM

The One Week of World War II That Gave Rise to the Modern Middle East

Operation Torch, the Nazi invasion of Tunisia, and the British victory at El Alamein.

Robert Satloff
Nov. 10 2022 12:01AM

The Jewish Musicians Who Shaped Modern North Africa—and Modern Israel

And their betrayal during World War II.

Matti Friedman
Nov. 7 2022 12:01AM

The Disaster at an Egyptian Church Is a Symptom of Systemic Persecution—and a Country in Decline

Egypt kicked out Jews, Italians, and Greeks in the 1950s and continues to persecute Copts today.

Samuel Tadros
Aug. 22 2022 12:01AM

For Over 200 Years, Rabbis Crowdfunded Their Books

“The dry heat of Africa did not stop me and the ice of Ashkenaz did not deter me.”

Elli Fischer
July 27 2022 12:01AM

The Lives of Tunisia’s Remaining Jews

The 2,000-year-old community hopes for a future.

Rachel Gilmore
June 16 2022 12:01AM

Two Years After the Pandemic Began, the Jewish Pilgrimage to the Tunisian Island of Djerba Resumes

Political tensions linger.

Kersten Knipp
May 19 2022 12:01AM

A Snapshot of the Holocaust in North Africa

“Jews are unwanted.”

Aomar Boum, Sarah Abrevaya Stein and Eugène Boretz
April 28 2022 12:01AM

How Yehuda Zeitoun Became the Face of 20th-Century Tunisian Jewry

A photogenic rabbi of many talents.

Nati Gabbay
Aug. 30 2021 12:01AM