#יא אמנא

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a new print of a jewish woman from djerba. the background is based on traditional plates. it'll be a two-color print, currently working out how to properly align the blocks haha

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Portraits of Rabbis by Maurice Bismouth (Tunis, 1891–1965)

rabbis at the synagogue in al-hara (jewish quarter and ex ghetto of tunis), rabbi in prayer, rabbi in la ghriba (Djerba)

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A piece I made for Rosh Hashanah - making oreillettes/deblah, a tunisian dessert eaten on Rosh Hashanah as well as Hanukkah and Purim. Shana Tova 💖🍎🍯

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tunisian synagogues:

The now abandoned synagogue of Matmata.

the Or Torah (lit. “Torah’s light”) synagogue in Tunis’ historic jewish quarter (and previously ghetto) Hafsia/Al-Hara. it stands abandoned and desecrated.

the Mishkan Ya’akov (lit. “Yaakov/Jacob’s seat”) synagogue in Zarzis. it was built around 1900 by Zarzis’ relatively small Jewish community, and in 1982, the Torah scrolls were destroyed and the building damaged in an arson attack. it has been rebuilt by the 100 Jewish people left in Zarzis. 

Le Grande Synagogue De Tunis, designed by Victor Valensi, was built in 1937. not 5 years after its completion, it was looted by the axis forces.

El Ghriba (lit. “the miraculous”) in Djerba. it was built in the late 19th century where a 6th century synagogue once stood. the Jewish community in Djerba is over 2,000 years old, and El Ghriba is believed to be built with stones from the first temple. Jews from all over Tunisia and the Tunisian diaspora pilgrim to El on lag ba’omer. last year (2020) the festivities were cancelled due to covid but this lag ba'omer there were about 7000 pilgrims.

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{au coucher du soleil on court sur l'horizon / on marche sur la planète comme dans sa maison}

Happy pride! this is an illustration I made of a Jewish Tunisian lesbian couple from Tunis in traditional Sephardic clothing ❤️🇹🇳🏳️‍🌈✡️

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There’s a trend on twitter of sharing pics of traditional clothing, so I decided to post my own take on it ✨

Moldavian (Northeastern Romanian) and Grana-Sephardic Tunisian 🇹🇳🇷🇴✡