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La Tunisie a besoin de vous
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Re: La Tunisie a besoin de vous 06 juin 2012, 06:07 |
2012-06-05
Deux sièges dans Le parlement qui sera issu des prochaines élections législatives prévues pour le 23 mars prochain pourraient être réservés à des représentants de la communauté juive tunisienne, c’est ce que croit savoir le site électronique, Al Jarida. Les membres de la commission chargée des relations entre les pouvoirs exécutif et législatif à l’ANC ont émis un avis favorable quant à une représentation de cette communauté renouant ainsi avec une vieille pratique qui remonte à l'indépendance et même bien avant. Il est à noter que les premiers gouvernements de l’Etat tunisien indépendant comptaient en leur sein des ministres de confession juive comme André Barouch et Albert Bessis, qui appartenaient à de très vieilles familles tunisiennes juives. Ce fut aussi le cas de la première assemblée constituante élue en 1956 et de l’Assemblée nationale de1959 à 1964. Il ne faut pas oublier non plus les nombreux juifs qui ont pris part à la lutte nationale que ce soit dans les rangs du Destour ou au parti communiste tunisien. Le plus illustre d’entre eux étant le grand militant, Georges Adda qui nous a quittés il y a quelques années et auquel il faudra associer sa femme Gladys et son fils Serge, sans oublier l’ancien militant de Perspectives, Gilbert Naccache, ni l’historienne, Sophie Bessis. De même qu’ils ont contribué à la fondation du jeune Etat tunisien, prenant une part active, notamment à la création des premières banques tunisiennes et jetant les bases de l'industrie tunisienne à l'instar des frères Guetta.
La communauté juive tunisienne compte environ 1500 membres. Cependant, de nombreux juifs tunisiens ayant émigré en France ont gardé leur nationalité tunisienne.
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Re: La Tunisie a besoin de vous 24 juillet 2012, 12:47 |
Article paru dans Forward, quotidien paraissant aux Etats-Unis, issu du פֿאָרװערטס en yiddish.
Il s'agit d'un reportage sur les Juifs de Tunisie.
La vidéo comporte des images récentes, en particulier de La Goulette.
Le restaurateur Jacob Lellouche présente son site Dar el Dhekra - House of Memory - Maison de la Mémoire
[www.dar-eldhekra.com]
Tunisian Jews Seek Place in New Order
In Arab Spring's Cradle, Democracy and Uncertainty Rule
By Nate Lavey
Published June 10, 2012, issue of June 15, 2012.
A year and a half after the ouster of Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the president of the Tunisian Jewish community is wistful for the one-party government that ruled the country for decades.
“You cannot find a better government than what we had,” said Roger Bismuth, who has held the title of president for more than 10 years. Bismuth extended his praise to all the ministers of Ben Ali’s political party, the Constitutional Democratic Rally, calling them “good technocrats,” but he said that the dictator and his family had “ruined the country” through fraud and mismanagement.
As Tunisia struggles to emerge from decades of dictatorship, just how well Bismuth is representing the consensus of the country’s small Jewish community may be an issue.
The revolution that overthrew Ben Ali in January 2011 provided the spark that set off the Arab Spring, which, through civil protest, toppled authoritarian governments in Egypt and Yemen. Today, the surge continues to course through the region — most notably in Syria, where, according to numerous reports, civil protests have been met with massacres by government forces. The massacres, in turn, have led to a downward spiral toward civil war.
The ultimate outcomes of the revolutions in Egypt and Yemen also remain in doubt. In both countries, civil protests continue to roil the streets and unresolved questions about the basic framework of post-dictatorship government continue to bedevil those jockeying for power. Just how democratic the final result will be, no one can yet say.
Jewish boys head home after school on the island of Djerba.
But in Tunisia, voters went to the polls last October and peacefully elected a constituent assembly in a competitive election hailed widely as free and fair. The major parties all accepted the results, in which the Ennahda Movement, a so far moderate Islamist party, won a plurality of the seats. In December the constituent assembly, which is also tasked with developing a new, post-dictatorship constitution, elected as president Moncef Marzouki, a longtime secular human rights activist who was imprisoned by Ben Ali.
The new order has affected Tunisia’s small community of some 1,500 Jews in a variety of ways. Among the urban elite, Bismuth’s sentiments are not unanimous, particularly among some younger members.
Jacob Lellouche, owner of a kosher restaurant in La Goulette, a suburb some seven miles from the capital, Tunis, said: “The last government — Mr. Ben Ali and his troop — instrumentalized the Jewish community to give a good picture of Tunisia outside. But here in Tunisia they said: ‘You are here, but be quiet. Don’t make any waves.’”
By “instrumentalize,” Lellouche said, he meant that Ben Ali pointed outsiders to his “protection” of Jews in Tunisia as evidence of his benevolence and a reason for Western governments to support his regime. But, Lellouche argues, Jews have lived in Tunisia for nearly 3,000 years, and though the Jewish population has declined greatly since World War II, there’s a sense that the strength of Jewish-Muslim relations owes more to individuals than to any state-imposed tolerance.
Read more: [forward.com]
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Il s'agit d'un reportage sur les Juifs de Tunisie.
La vidéo comporte des images récentes, en particulier de La Goulette.
Le restaurateur Jacob Lellouche présente son site Dar el Dhekra - House of Memory - Maison de la Mémoire
[www.dar-eldhekra.com]
In Arab Spring's Cradle, Democracy and Uncertainty Rule
By Nate Lavey
Published June 10, 2012, issue of June 15, 2012.
A year and a half after the ouster of Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the president of the Tunisian Jewish community is wistful for the one-party government that ruled the country for decades.
“You cannot find a better government than what we had,” said Roger Bismuth, who has held the title of president for more than 10 years. Bismuth extended his praise to all the ministers of Ben Ali’s political party, the Constitutional Democratic Rally, calling them “good technocrats,” but he said that the dictator and his family had “ruined the country” through fraud and mismanagement.
As Tunisia struggles to emerge from decades of dictatorship, just how well Bismuth is representing the consensus of the country’s small Jewish community may be an issue.
The revolution that overthrew Ben Ali in January 2011 provided the spark that set off the Arab Spring, which, through civil protest, toppled authoritarian governments in Egypt and Yemen. Today, the surge continues to course through the region — most notably in Syria, where, according to numerous reports, civil protests have been met with massacres by government forces. The massacres, in turn, have led to a downward spiral toward civil war.
The ultimate outcomes of the revolutions in Egypt and Yemen also remain in doubt. In both countries, civil protests continue to roil the streets and unresolved questions about the basic framework of post-dictatorship government continue to bedevil those jockeying for power. Just how democratic the final result will be, no one can yet say.
Jewish boys head home after school on the island of Djerba.
But in Tunisia, voters went to the polls last October and peacefully elected a constituent assembly in a competitive election hailed widely as free and fair. The major parties all accepted the results, in which the Ennahda Movement, a so far moderate Islamist party, won a plurality of the seats. In December the constituent assembly, which is also tasked with developing a new, post-dictatorship constitution, elected as president Moncef Marzouki, a longtime secular human rights activist who was imprisoned by Ben Ali.
The new order has affected Tunisia’s small community of some 1,500 Jews in a variety of ways. Among the urban elite, Bismuth’s sentiments are not unanimous, particularly among some younger members.
Jacob Lellouche, owner of a kosher restaurant in La Goulette, a suburb some seven miles from the capital, Tunis, said: “The last government — Mr. Ben Ali and his troop — instrumentalized the Jewish community to give a good picture of Tunisia outside. But here in Tunisia they said: ‘You are here, but be quiet. Don’t make any waves.’”
By “instrumentalize,” Lellouche said, he meant that Ben Ali pointed outsiders to his “protection” of Jews in Tunisia as evidence of his benevolence and a reason for Western governments to support his regime. But, Lellouche argues, Jews have lived in Tunisia for nearly 3,000 years, and though the Jewish population has declined greatly since World War II, there’s a sense that the strength of Jewish-Muslim relations owes more to individuals than to any state-imposed tolerance.
Read more: [forward.com]
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