[Tunisia reopens Jewish worshippers due to a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19]
According to Tunisia's Newspaper Sunrise, tunisia's djerba island reopened this year after jewish rallies and worships that had been interrupted for two years due to the spread of covid-19. In the past, a Jewish pilgrimage was held annually at the Church of Djerba in Tunisia, and this year about 4,000 Jews attended the event.
Tunisian security forces have also reinforced djerba, and in addition to arranging for the vicinity of the church, they have also deployed various tourist areas and land, sea, land and air ports on the island.
Located in a small village on the island of Djerba, the Djerba Synagogue was once a Jewish settlement and is now known as the "Little Hala" (Arabic for small block) and is home to about 1,300 Tunisian Jews. This church is very important to the Jews because it houses the oldest dossier of the Jewish scriptures , the " Tsuruta " .
According to legend, the temple in Tunisia has some remnants of the First Temple of Jerusalem. These remains were brought to Tunisia by displaced Jews after the destruction of the temple in 586 BC.
Jews from different countries of the world visited the island, considered the oldest Temple of Djerba in Africa, dating back about 2,600 years.
Source: The Seventh Day, The Arab
