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To My Tunisian Friends
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I have just spent a few days in Tunis. My pleasure increases each time I return to that city and its inhabitants and experience the liveliness of the Avenue Jules-Ferry, and above all, the free and…

Contributor:

Jacques Lazarus

Places:

Algiers, Algeria

Date:

1948

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Mizrahi, Maghreb, Class, Cities

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries
Woman's Ensemble from Algeria
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By the early twentieth century, many Jewish women in Algeria dressed in European clothing for daily activities. Yet many also continued to dress in their traditional garb for ceremonial and…

Places:

French Algeria (Algeria)

Date:

Early 20th Century

Subjects:

Dress, Jewish identity, Muslim-Jewish relations, Crafts, Class

Categories:

Dress & Adornment
Dress with sash and embroidered neckline and sleeves.