A gunman shot and killed at least three people while trying to access a historic site of a two-day Jewish pilgrimage that annually draws hundreds. The victims included a 30-year-old Tunisian and a 42-year-old French national, and a security official.
Every year, Jewish worshipers travel to the Tunisian island of Djerba, home to one of the largest Jewish communities in the Arab world. The island is also home to the 2,500-year-old Ghriba synagogue — Africa’s oldest.U.S. Ambassador Joey Hood, along with Deborah Lipstadt, the U.S. envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, and Tunisian officials, visited the synagogue the day before to open the pilgrimage celebration, according to a tweet by the U.S. Embassy in Tunis, the nation’s capital.
“This example of coexistence in Tunisia reinforces our shared commitment to multiculturalism and the protection of religious freedom,” the U.S. Embassy wrote. In Tunisia, where Muslims, Jews, and Christians have lived side by side for centuries, pilgrims from around the world gathered on the island of Djerba last night for the annual Lag B’Omer celebration. Ambassador Joey Hood and visiting Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat…
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