Les Juifs de Tunis (Tunisois)

Settled in Tunis since Antiquity, the Jews of the Tunisian capital formed an ancient and stratified urban community, distinguishing the Twansa (Toshavim, indigenous people of Tunisian rite) from the Grana (Livornese in origin, come from Italy). Long concentrated in the hara, they were artisans, merchants, goldsmiths and, under French Protectorate rule, increasingly present in modern commerce and the liberal professions, many adopting French language and culture. The community had synagogues, schools, including those of the Alliance Israélite Universelle, and active rabbinical institutions. After the independence of Tunisia in 1956, and even more after the tensions of the 1960s, the great majority emigrated to France, Israel and North America.

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מקורים און רעסורסן

• Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World — Brill
• Encyclopaedia Judaica — 2e éd., Keter/Macmillan

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