Despite geopolitical tensions, dozens of Jews, including Israelis, have journeyed to shrine in Kurdish city of Alqosh since ...

The pilgrimage is a deeply held tradition among the Tunisian Jewish diaspora worldwide. In past years, worshippers came from the U.S., France and even Israel, despite the lack of official ...

Since the fall of communism in 1989, Jewish pilgrims have been visiting Bodrogkeresztur, known as Kerestir in Yiddish, in April, timed to the death of Rabbi Yeshaya Steiner, ...

The pilgrimage, which usually coincides with the minor Jewish holiday of Lag B’omer, is a deeply held tradition among the Tunisian Jewish diaspora around the world, and worshippers come from the ...

Jewish pilgrims at the Ghriba synagogue in Tunisia’s southern resort island of Djerba, May 08, 2023. (Hasan Mrad/DeFodi Images via Getty Images) By Ron Kampeas May 10, 2023 ...

In the 1990s, the pilgrimage attracted some 10,000 people, according to a report in The Conversation, and attracts thousands today.Since 2011, Israelis have been able to enter the country for the ...

An annual Jewish pilgrimage to Tunisia's Djerba synagogue and celebration has been cancelled due to the war in Gaza, the head of the organising committee, Perez Trabelsi, told Reuters on Friday.

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.The ...

Jewish pilgrims flock to historic Ukrainian city despite war with Russia. Thousands of Hasidic Jews visit Uman to see the grave of Rabbi Nachman for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, ignoring ...

More than 30,000 Orthodox Jewish pilgrims are thought to have congregated in the Ukrainian city of Uman for Rosh Hashanah, a key holiday in the Jewish calendar, some leaving war in the Middle East ...

It brought tragedy to a public celebration of Jewish life at Africa’s oldest Jewish house of worship. Here’s an introduction to the Jews of Tunisia, the annual pilgrimage to Djerba and how the ...