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Hara Seghira Synagogue

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Affiliation
  
Orthodox Judaism

Status
  
Abandoned

Rite
  
Sephardic

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Location
  
Moktar Attia Street Er Riadh, Tunisia

Similar
  
El Ghriba synagogue, Synagogue of the Kohanim, Ghazi Mustapha Tower, Zarzis Synagogue, Henchir Bourgou

The Hara Seghira Synagogue (كنيس حارة صغيرة) is located on Moktar Attia Street, just north of Place L’Independence, in the town of Er Riadh on the island of Djerba, Tunisia.

Er Riadh is the modern name for the ancient Jewish village of Djirt, which became known as “Hara Seghira” or the “Small Ghetto”.

As the Jewish community of the village declined the synagogue was abandoned and the building is now in a state of dilapidation. The Jewish community of Er Riadh, numbering around 80, is now centered on the El Ghriba synagogue located on the southern outskirts of the village.

References

Hara Seghira Synagogue Wikipedia


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