Colonialism

How Algeria Lost Its Jews Lyn Julius, Times of Israel. A new exhibit in Paris honors the Jews of Algeria—who, after 2,700 years in the country, were driven out by Arab attacks on Jewish property 50 years ago.

Who is an Arab Jew? Albert Memmi, Israel Academic Committee on the Middle East. “The much vaunted idyllic life of the Jews in Arab lands is a myth! The truth, since I am obliged to return to it, is that from the outset we were a minority in a hostile environment.” (1975)