Kether Torah Synagogue of Sousse
| Keter Torah synagogue | |
|---|---|
כתר תורה كنيس كتر التوراة | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Judaism |
| Location | |
| Location | Sousse |
| Country | Tunisia |
| Geographic coordinates | 35°49′56″N 10°38′23″E / 35.832356°N 10.639659°E |
Keter Torah Synagogue (Hebrew: כתר תורה) is a Jewish Synagogue in the Tunisian city of Sousse.
History[edit]
The city of Sousse has had a large Tunisian Jewish community dating back to the Punic period. An 1853 census counted 400 Jewish families in Sousse.[1]
It is in this context that Keter Torah Synagogue was built in 1913[2] at the initiative of Yossef Guez, Chief Rabbi of Sousse and the first native Tunisian Chief Rabbi.[1] The synagogue is the main synagogue in the city.
In 1946, the Jewish community in Sousse numbered 3,500 but continued to decrease. As of 2006, there are 36 Jews left in Sousse.[3] Sousse once had six synagogues, today only Keter Torah is still operational.[1]
On December 6, 2019, the National Heritage Institute of Tunisia announced that the synagogue was placed on the list of heritage sites of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Synagogue Keter Torah, Sousse, Tunisia". archive.diarna.org. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ Walid Mejri (25 February 2015). "Yves Eliahou, gardien du trésor des juifs en Tunisie". inkyfada.com (in French). Archived from the original on 10 November 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ "Les juifs de Sousse: Histoire, origine, communauté, synagogues". Tunisie Généalogie (in French). 19 May 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Trois monuments tunisiens inscrits sur la liste définitive du patrimoine civilisationnel dans le monde islamique". webmanagercenter.com (in French). 7 December 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
Bibliography[edit]
- Bismuth-Jarrassé, Colette; Jarrassé, Dominique (2010). Synagogues de Tunisie : monuments d'une histoire et d'une identité. Patrimoines (in French). Le Kremlin-Bicêtre: Esthétiques du divers. pp. 276–278. ISBN 978-2-9533041-2-1.
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