Waiting for Seven Jews, Djerba, Tunisia, 1995
This is the El-Ghriba Synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba. Although the current building was constructed in 1929, it is believed that a synagogue has existed on this site for 2,000 years. According to tradition, the first synagogue on the spot was built with a stone from the destroyed Temple in Jerusalem. If you look closely at the patterns, shapes, and motifs in the picture, you can see how the builders of this synagogue were influenced by Muslim art and culture. In 2002, after this picture was taken, al-Qaeda tried to bomb the synagogue. The building was not destroyed, but about 20 tourists and local workers were killed.
Why do you think the photographer called this photo Waiting for Seven Jews?
Sample Texts:
Hillel said,
Dont separate yourself from the community.
Dont be overconfident until the day of your death.
Dont judge your fellow human being until you have reached that persons place.
Dont say anything that is unintelligible with the hope that it will be understood.
And dont say, When I have leisure I will study perhaps you will never have that leisure.
Pirkei Avot 2:4