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El Ghriba Synagogue on Lonely Planet

Date published: Apr 2007
Author: Abigail Hole, Ed.
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This is not only "the most important synagogue on Jerba", it is also "the oldest in North Africa". It is a "major place of pilgrimage" too. Although the building is "early 20th century", the site itself "dates back to 586BC", when a synagogue was founded "after a holy stone fell from heaven". A "mysterious woman" seemed to "direct the constructi [more]
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