ALGERIA · 34.9°N 1.3°W · CITY
Tlemcen
Zayyanid golden-age city that sheltered 1391 Catalan exiles - including Rabbi Ephraim Alnaqua, whose tomb remains a shared Jewish-Muslim pilgrimage site.
Modern locality anchor
Tlemcen
Algeria · City · 34.9°N 1.3°W
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View locationTHE COMMUNITY TIMELINE · EVERY NODE DATED
What happened to the Jewish community of Tlemcen?
Zayyanid-era golden age; 1391 Catalan exiles (R. Ephraim Alnaqua)
French-era small community
1962 exodus ends the community
Today
Shrine pilgrimage; no community.
LANGUAGES & COMMUNITY
What did Tlemcen sound like?
Judeo-Arabic is a language with its own grammar, literature, and history — not “broken” anything, and not a dialect of Hebrew.
AFTER · IN FULL COLOR
What survives today?
In Tlemcen
Shrine pilgrimage; no community.
Ephraim Alnaqua tomb/shrine
shared shrine · historic site
Public pilgrimage site; shared Jewish-Muslim reverence - presented as tradition.
Mellah quarter
historic quarter · public landmark
In Israel & the diaspora
The community's story continued elsewhere — these places carry it now.
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SOURCES & REVIEW
Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed. (place entry)
Macmillan Reference USA · 2007
Algeria - Virtual Jewish History Tour
Jewish Virtual Library · open source
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