Jewish Community Portrays Tunisian Synagogue Burning as Isolated Incident
by Joshua Runyan – Chabad.org
The El Hamma, Tunisia, resting place of Rabbi Yosef Maaravi, a 16th-century Kabbalist, sits in the middle of a courtyard where arsonists set fire to a small synagogue Tuesday.
Less than a week after taking office amid Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution, Interior Minister Farhat Rajhi defended the national unity government against what he said were conspirators intent on sowing disorder by setting fire to a synagogue in the village of El Hamma, some 30 kilometers from Gabès.
