The annual Jewish pilgrimage on Tunisia’s island of Djerba began Friday with low turnout amid heightened security concerns after a deadly attack last year and as the Israel-Hamas war rages in Gaza.

(RNS) — The attack came as thousands of Jews had traveled to the island of Djerba for an annual pilgrimage to El Ghriba synagogue, the oldest in Africa. (RNS) — A Tunisian naval officer opened ...

A French Jewish man prays inside the historic Ghriba synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba — FETHI BELAID Only about 30 people turned up Thursday at this year's Jewish pilgrimage on Tunisia's ...

(JTA) — When a security official opened fire outside a Tunisian synagogue during a pilgrimage on Tuesday night, killing two Jewish pilgrims and two security guards, he shattered what was meant ...

His important article, co-written with Joseph Katz, “The Islamic Jewish Calendar – How the Pilgrimage of the 9th of Av became the Hajj of the 9th of Dhu’al-Hijjah,” is available online in ...

Like thousands of other pilgrims, Rony Eli-Ya travelled from his home in Israel to the Ukrainian city of Uman this week for Rosh Hashanah, one of the most important holidays in the Jewish calendar ...

UMAN, Ukraine — Prayer chants and the sounding of traditional ram's horns fill the air in the town of Uman, in central Ukraine, as thousands of pilgrims join an annual gathering to mark the ...

Only about 30 people turned up Thursday at this year's Jewish pilgrimage on Tunisia's island of Djerba amid safety concerns following a deadly 2023 attack and as the war in Gaza rages on.

Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman, a leading figure in Ukraine’s Jewish community, was one of those who urged international pilgrims not to visit Ukraine due to security concerns but acknowledged that ...