Tunisia seeks UNESCO status for Jewish pilgrimage isle
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Channel: Al Arabiya English · 2017 · News & Politics
Thousands of Jews began performing religious services on Friday morning at the Temple of Ghriba Synagogue, in the Tunisian island of Djerba. This annual religious event is of great importance to Tunisian and foreign Jews, and it has also started to attract the attention of Tunisian Muslims. Jews perform rituals and worship for three days – one of their most important religious celebrations – in the most important synagogue in North Africa, where they believe to have one of the oldest versions of the Torah in Tunisia. Read more here: http://ara.tv/v93z3 Tunisia seeks UNESCO status for Jewish pilgrimage isle: http://ara.tv/53dfs ___________________ Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alarabiya.english Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlArabiya_Eng Like us on Google+: https://goo.gl/L5Nqcx Al Arabiya English website: https://english.alarabiya.net/ Subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://goo.gl/fQ0RkI __________________________ The English site of the Arab world's leading news channel
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