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Lag B’Omer celebrations, including the grand procession, unique rituals in the Ghriba Synagogue and festive activities throughout the afternoon. In 2010 the Jewish festival of Lag B’Omer falls on Sunday, May 2. Among the Jews of North Africa, particularly Tunisia, Lag B’Omer is a festive day celebrating the spring and a time to pay homage to prominent Jewish scholars famous in North African Jewish history.
Tunis and the island of Djerba, including Hara Kabira and Hara Saghira, the island’s two Jewish villages in which the community dates its presence back more than 2,000 years.
Carthage, the most famous of the ancient Roman sites in Tunisia, one in which historians find traces of Jewish presence.
The Bardo Museum, a former Ottoman palace housing one of the finest collections of Roman and Carthaginian mosaics in the world.
The picturesque village of Sidi Bou Said, with architecture inspired by its Andalusian settlers.
Dougga, the most extensive Roman site in Tunisia, featuring a restored theatre and an intriguing Libyco-Punic mausoleum.
Shabbat services in Tunis, meeting members of the Tunisian Jewish community, Tunisian academics and business owners.