http://dailyphoto.org/tag/jerba en-US All original content is owned by the site's members. All other material is copyright &copy;2005, Glen Campbell Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:59:28 PDT Siteframe 5.0.4 webmaster@dailyphoto.org http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 30 <center><a href="http://dailyphoto.org/p/arriving-at-jerba-island"><img src="http://dailyphoto.org/files/352/1121/jerbatunez2adefifilsig-0300000n.jpg" width="300" height="168" alt="jerbatunez2adefifilsig.jpg"/></a></center><br />The Isle of Djerba (about 20x20 km) is situated in the south-east of Tunisia on the Gulf of Gabes. It&acute;s capital Houmt Souk is located 513 km south of Tunis. It is populated by diverse people, amongst them local Berbers, black Slaves, and Jews who originally flew from Jerusalem around 100 BC.... Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:59:28 PDT http://dailyphoto.org/p/arriving-at-jerba-island http://dailyphoto.org/p/arriving-at-jerba-island ajim djerba gabes griba grieba guillermo houmt jerba joff lobera sinagoga souk synagogue tnez tunisia <center><a href="http://dailyphoto.org/p/the-griba-synagogue"><img src="http://dailyphoto.org/files/352/1119/griebatun2ddefiltradsig-0300000n.jpg" width="300" height="244" alt="griebatun2ddefiltradsig.jpg"/></a></center><br />The Griba synagogue (Island of Jerba, Tunisia) presumed 6th century BC (Fall of Jerusalem to Babylonians). Legend has it that Jewish settlers first arrived on Djerba after the destruction of Jerusalem&acute;s First Temple. Having set up their own community, they refused to return to Jerusalem when Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:23:15 PDT http://dailyphoto.org/p/the-griba-synagogue http://dailyphoto.org/p/the-griba-synagogue djerba griba grieba guillermo jerba lobera sinagoga synagogue tnez tunisia <center><a href="http://dailyphoto.org/p/the-griba-synagogue-ii"><img src="http://dailyphoto.org/files/352/836/griebatuneza2defsig-0300000n.jpg" width="229" height="300" alt="griebatuneza2defsig.jpg"/></a></center><br />This synagogue serves as the focal point of Jews in North Africa. The relationship between the 100 Jews and the Muslim majority seems to be relaxed, but the Jews of Jerba is counted as very conservative, and have faced anti-Jewish acts many times. Last time was in 1985 when three worshipers were... Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:54:28 PDT http://dailyphoto.org/p/the-griba-synagogue-ii http://dailyphoto.org/p/the-griba-synagogue-ii djerba griba grieba guillermo jerba lobera sinagoga synagogue tnez tunisia