(JTA) — The day after a gunman killed four people outside an ancient place of Jewish worship on the Tunisian island of Djerba, men gathered in the same synagogue not to mourn, but to celebrate. They ...

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 — 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 ...

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 ...

You’ve sunbathed in Cyprus, partied in Ibiza and admired the breathtaking sunsets in Santorini. And now, there’s another Mediterranean island to add to your holiday hit list. Djerba, an island ...

Jewish visitors light candles at the ancient Ghriba synagogue in May 2019. Mohamed Messara/EPA Many hundreds of years ago on the small Tunisian island of Djerba, a poor young Jewish woman called ...

(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 ...