In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ancient synagogue on the tunisian island of djerba”. Today it says “ancient orthodox jewish congregation and synagogue”.
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El Ghriba is an ancient synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba .1It is located close to Hara Seghira , several kilometres southwest of Houmt Souk , the capital of Djerba.2
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The ancient El Ghriba Synagogue , ( ), also known as the Djerba Synagogue , is located on the Tunisian island of Djerba .It is situated in the Jewish village of Hara Seghira , (currently known as Er-Riadh), several kilometres southwest of Houmt Souk , the capital of Djerba.It currently houses the world's oldest Sefer Torah .
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The ancient El Ghriba Synagogue ( ), also known as the Djerba Synagogue , is located on the Tunisian island of Djerba . It is situated in the Jewish village of Hara Seghira (currently known as Er-Riadh), several kilometres southwest of Houmt Souk , the main town of Djerba.
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The ancient El Ghriba Synagogue ( ), also known as the Djerba Synagogue , is located on the Tunisian island of Djerba . It is situated in the Jewish village of Hara Seghira (currently known as er-Riadh), several kilometres southwest of Houmt El Souk , the main town of Djerba. The synagogue is the oldest in Tunisia, and besides being the center of the island's Jewish life is also a site of pilgrimage, one of the legends associated with its founding claims that either a stone or a door from Solomon's Temple or the Second Temple is incorporated in the building.
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Former synagogue in Hara Seghira, Tunisia The ancient El Ghriba Synagogue ( ), also known as the Djerba Synagogue , is located on the Tunisian island of Djerba . It is situated in the Jewish village of Hara Seghira (currently known as er-Riadh), several kilometres southwest of Houmt El Souk , the main town of Djerba. The synagogue is the oldest in Tunisia, and possibly all of Africa.Besides being the center of the island's Jewish life it is also a site of pilgrimage.While extensively renovated in the 19th century CE, the buildings may date to the 6th century BCE: one of the legends associated with its founding claims that either a stone or a door from Solomon's Temple or the Second Temple is incorporated in the building.
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Orthodox synagogue on Djerba, Tunisia The El Ghriba Synagogue ( Arabic : كنيس الغريبة ), also known as the Djerba Synagogue , is an ancient Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue , located in the Jewish village of Hara Seghira (currently known as er-Riadh), several kilometres southwest of Houmt El Souk , the main town on the island of Djerba , Tunisia .The synagogue appears to be the oldest synagogue in the world.Besides being the center of the island's Jewish life, the synagogue is also a Jewish site of pilgrimage . While extensively renovated in the 19th century CE, the buildings may date from the 6th century BCE : one of the legends associated with its founding claims that either a stone or a door from Solomon's Temple or the Second Temple is incorporated in the building. El Ghriba is the most famous of the about 20 synagogues that were being used until the 1950s in the three Jewish villages on Djerba.In 2023 Djerba was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site .The synagogue has been the target of terrorist attacks in 1985, in 2002, and in 2023.
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ancient synagogue on the tunisian island of djerba
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ancient orthodox jewish congregation and synagogue
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