Juives au Cimetière - Tunis

Front Text - Photo Garrigues Tunis - 66;Text on the back -Carte Postale:Ce côté est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse.;Back Printed Text Translation - postcard:This side is exclusively reserved to the address.;Production period - ca. 1900;Front Period - ca. 1900;Category - Cemeteries and tombs;Description - This horizontal postcard depicts a photograph of the 'Borgel', which is the Jewish cemetery of Tunis. It is an old cemetery and it symbolizes the Jewish presence in Tunis during several centuries. It was originally called: 'Beit Ha'Haim', and was first laid out outside the city of Tunis. It was then replaced by the new Jewish cemetery in 1898. We can see in the picture some Jewish women, wearing the white safsari and the Jewish headdress (Qufiya), that meditate on the graves. (S.H)