Ancient Jewish community in Tunisia has unsure future
Brightly colored Hebrew letters are pasted on the walls of a kindergarten in the sun-washed community of Hara Kbira, Tunisia, where toddlers clap and sing Jewish songs. Outside, young mothers push strollers past houses with walls painted with Jewish symbols.
Across North Africa, a once-vibrant Jewish population has all but vanished. Crumbling synagogues and cemeteries serve as fading testaments of a time long ago. Their biggest numbers are in Morocco, where some 2,500 aging Jews remain.
Yet on Tunisia’s resort island of Djerba, young families are bucking that trend.
