Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center. Like some other synagogues in Djerba, the El Ghriba is located in the proximity of an ancient Jewish cemetery. L'attentat du Synagogue d'El GHRIBA qui a eu lieu contre la communauté Juif à Jerba en Tunisie le 11/04/2002 Beit Hatfutsot, the Oster Visual Documentation Center. It has also been known as Dighet, a name which traditionally is explained of being a local Berber language variant of the Hebrew word delet, meaning “door”. [citation needed], Although the explosion was initially called an accident,[3] as Tunisia, France, and Germany investigated, it became clear that it was a deliberate attack. Attentat synagogue de djerba 17 avril 2002 à 18h40 Dernière réponse : 17 avril 2002 à 18h51 La Tunisie admet à demi-mots la piste terroriste dans l'explosion de Djerba Nizar, l'auteur présumé de l'attentat-suicide, était un Tunisien dont la famille est installée à Lyon. The remaining Jewish inhabitants of Djerba became targets of occasional hostile behavior by the local Muslim population. L’attentat contre la synagogue de la Ghriba à Djerba en 2002, une opération sous fausse bannière ? In the evening the chandelier is introduced inside El Ghriba and candles are lit on all its five rows. Attentat de la Ghriba à Djerba du 11 avril 2002 L’ attentat de la Ghriba est un attentat-suicide, effectué par un kamikaze du groupe Al-Qaïda et survenu le 11 avril 2002 devant la synagogue de la Ghriba à Djerba (Tunisie). Photo: Jan Parik. Attentat de la Ghriba du 11 avril 2002; Site de l’attentat le 8 janvier 2002. El Ghriba caravanserai in Houmt Souk, Djerba, Tunisia, 1962. Le gouvernement tunisien a admis que l'explosion de la camionnette pourrait être un acte terroriste. The name “El Ghriba” means “the marvelous”, or “the strange”, in Arabic, and reflects the special status of the synagogue in the traditions of the Jews of Tunisia. The entire community of Harah Srira meets in El Ghriba on Shabbat, the synagogue being kept in high regard by all the Jews of Djerba. The egg, having been left to boil at the warm of the candle for the duration of the festival, is then returned to the unmarried girl, who after eating it, would be sure to find a bridegroom soon. L'attentat avait fait 21 morts. The Ghriba synagogue bombing was carried out by Niser bin Muhammad Nasr Nawar on the El Ghriba synagogue in Tunisia in 2002. Judging from various architectural additions, it appears that the first room was initially an open courtyard that was roofed later to accommodate a larger number of people. Localisation: Er Riadh, Djerba : Cible: Synagogue de la Ghriba: Coordonnées: 33° 48′ 50″ N 10° 51′ 33″ E / 33.813889, 10.859167 33° 48′ 50″ Nord 10° 51′ 33″ Est / 33.813889, 10.859167 Date: 11 avril 2002 9 h 35 : Type In Harah Srira alone there are five additional prayer houses, called yeshivot, however, the Torah scrolls have been kept exclusively in El Ghriba, following a decision taken by the local rabbis at the end of the 19th century in order to maintain the prominence of the El Ghriba synagogue. The pilgrimage includes a visit to the synagogue, alms giving, prayers, and participation in one of the two popular processions that take place during the last two days of the annual festival. Each Thursday the women of Harah Sghira clean and prepare the synagogue for the Shabbat and lighten the oil lamps, including the three main lamps that hung in front of the Holy Ark. The El Ghriba synagogue is managed by an independent administrative committee that was set up at the end of the 19th century, when Djerba was under French colonial rule. Tunisie : la synagogue de la Ghriba, le trésor de Djerba. Le camion-citerne a alors explosé. The chandelier is decorated with various cloths, scarves of bright colors, and veils which resemble a bride, hence its other name arusa (“the betrothed”). The El Ghriba has an inner courtyard surrounded by covered loggias build on arches and columns. Attentat Synagogue de Jerba (11/04/2002) Ganzoui Med ALI Lotfi Sgaier. Unlike all other synagogues of Djerba, the El Ghriba does not have a separate open-air praying hall, but two covered halls. Originally there were twelve windows symbolizing, according to the local tradition, itself based on a Kabalistic instruction, the twelve tribes of Israel. Elias Davidsson. TERRORISME Après l'explosion d'un camion piégé contre la synagogue de Djerba Les leçons d'un attentat PAR MEZRI HADDAD * [20 avril 2002] On le sait depuis Clausewitz si ce n'est depuis Machiavel, la désinformation et le mensonge sont les moyens intrinsèques et « naturels » du politique, particulièrement en temps de guerre. The El Ghriba synagogue of Djerba is the best known and famous of a number of synagogues with the same name located in other countries of North Africa, such as El Ghriba of Annaba, in eastern Algeria. The structure is crowned by the two tablets of the Law. The procession includes visits to other praying houses in Harah Sghira. Version 1.0. 10 years after the attack, thanks to freedom of expression and organization brought by the 2011 Tunisian revolution, a Djerbian citizens' initiative to break the silence was adopted by the Presidency of the Republic and concerned embassies to commemorate victims of this attack. Abstract: Fifteen years ago this month, a Tunisian operative named Nizar Nawar detonated a truck bomb outside the el-Ghriba A niche below the Holy Ark indicates the place where the body of the mysterious girl was found and it is known as Magrath Sibiya (“the cave of the girl”). Address: El Ghriba Er-Riadh (Harah Sghira) Djerba Tunisia. The El Ghriba synagogue is located in the formerly Jewish village of Harah Sghira, also known as Harah Srira (the “small village”, in Arabic) (currently called Er-Riadh) on the Island of Djerba (also spelled Jerba), Tunisia. [citation needed], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}33°48′50″N 10°51′33″E / 33.81389°N 10.85917°E / 33.81389; 10.85917, Insurgency in the Maghreb and Sahel (2002–present), Official Procès-Verbal, July 20th, 2002 in Tunis, El Fadel El Malki, Central Directorate of the Judicial police, The Criminal Affairs Bureau, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1923522.stm, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/tunisia/1390998/Synagogue-explosion-no-accident.html, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2061071.stm, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7873543.stm, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2161232.stm, http://www.aawsat.net/2009/12/article55252427, http://www.aawsat.net/2010/03/article55251341, Michel Moutot. Elle est la plus connue d'un certain nombre de synagogues portant le même nom et situées en divers lieux d'Afrique du Nord : en Tunisie, en Algérie et en Libye. Djerba a compté jusqu’à vingt synagogues pour une population de 4 500 habitants, soit environ une pour 100 fidèles, les femmes restant absentes des lieux de culte. This room is connected to the main praying hall by three arches. [citation needed] In April 2003, a German man named Christian Ganczarski was arrested in Paris in connection with the bombing. The tevah is located beneath the clerestory at the west end of the praying hall, immediately at the entrance from the first room There are two rows of columns inside the main praying hall dividing it into three aisles; however the last column to the east on the southern row is missing and probably has never been built. This first Jewish settlement by the group of cohanim was later called Harah Sghira. It is the most famous and venerated of the twenty synagogues and prayer houses that used to function in the three Jewish villages on Djerba at the height of the Jewish community in the early 1950’s. Following another local custom, women use to leave eggs with the name of a young unmarried girl inscribed on them on an arch that marks the place, where according to tradition the body of the marvelous girl (ghriba) was found. Ils sont 45 et déjà 35 d’entre eux sont à l’intérieur du monument lorsqu’une camionnette explose à l’extérieur provoquant sur le coup la mort de 5 personnes et en blessant 32 autres. The festivities of the main annual pilgrimage take place during Lag Ba’Omer: they start on 14 Iyar, when Jews commemorate the death day of Rabbi Meir Ba’al HaNess and continue through 18 Iyar, the remembrance day of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, locally known as Rebbi Shem’un. Judging from the current state of the building it was probably erected sometime in the second half of the 19th century replacing earlier structures. 212 J’aime. 14 Allemands, cinq Tunisiens et deux Français sont tués dans un attentat-suicide contre la synagogue de la Ghriba, sur l'île de Djerba, dans le Sud tunisien. Il … Local Jews from all villages in Djerba as well as pilgrims from abroad mingle inside the synagogue; this is also the only occasion when there is no separation between men and women. The synagogue is mentioned in the early 16th century when it was destroyed during a Spanish military expedition to Djerba and reconstructed later in the same century. Al-Qaeda later claimed responsibility for the attack,[4] which was reportedly organized by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Saad bin Laden. Only when the girl died in a fire that consumed her hut but not her body, did the Jews of Djerba understood that she was a saint and consequently decided to establish a synagogue on the location of her dwelling. Et c’est par la synagogue de la « Ghriba » que ces touristes commencent leur circuit. L'attentat n'a pourtant pas été commis un samedi, jour de prière de la communauté juive de l'île dans la synagogue, mais un jeudi, quand les touristes visitent le monument historique. Courtesy of Charles Hadad, France. Like some other synagogues in Djerba, the El Ghriba is located in the proximity of an ancient Jewish cemetery. Trois gardiens d'une prison du nord de la France ont été légèrement blessés au cours d'une agression commise par le terroriste allemand Christian Ganczarski, cerveau de l'attentat Rabbis at the entrance of El Ghriba synagogue, Tunisia, 1940’s. The participants carry a large pyramidal lamp (the menorah) mounted on three wheels. The tradition has it that these refugees brought with them a door and a stone from the altar of the destructed Temple. The Djerba Declaration highlighted the obligation of the tourism industry to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and recognized the two-way relationship between tourism and climate change. Despite security concerns, the annual pilgrimage attracts large numbers of participants, many of them coming to Djerba from other countries. The bombing at the Ghriba synagogue in Djerba, 2002. There are additional traditions that explain the importance and the sanctity of the El Ghriba synagogue. The central praying hall boasts two rows of arches that support an elevated clerestory with numerous windows. Un camion-citerne rempli de gaz et d’explosifs a sauté devant la synagogue de la Ghriba à Djerba en Tunisie. Explosion accidentelle à la synagogue de Djerba Cinq personnes ont été tuées et 20 autres blessés. [1] The truck detonated at the front of the synagogue, killing 14 German tourists, three Tunisians, and two French nationals. [2] More than 30 others were wounded. The legend has been attested in another variant according to which the girl was a Jewish refugee who had fled from the Land of Israel bringing with her a Torah scroll and a stone from the Temple of Jerusalem. Add your email and you will never miss out on family events, exhibition openings and deals on our shops! During the last decades the Jewish community of Djerba shrank as many of its members emigrated to Israel, France, Canada, and other countries. La synagogue d'El-Ghriba à Djerba a bien été la cible d'un attentat antisémite. Bombing On April 11, 2002, a natural gas truck fitted with explosives drove past security barriers at the ancient Le président tunisien, Moncef Marzouki, s'est rendu le 11 avril à Djerba pour commémorer le dixième anniversaire de l'attentat contre la synagogue de la Ghriba. Nizar peut avoir été un pigeon ou une victime. [5][6] However, Saad's family denied he was involved in the attack. Ghriba signifie « étrange » en arabe et reflète le statut spécial de la synagogue dans les traditions juives de Tunisie. 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