Le Réveil juif explained

Le Réveil juif ("Jewish Awakening") was a French language revisionist Zionist weekly newspaper published from Sfax, Tunisia.^[1]

History and profile

Le Réveil juif was founded in September 1924 by Félix Allouche.^[2] Issued on Fridays, it contained four pages.^[2]

It was one of the most important Zionist newspapers in North Africa and in Tunisia.^{[3] [4]} These publications were a platform for the Jewish society to discuss their political and social views.^[4] They were also essential in the relationships between Jews, French people and Muslims.^[4]

The paper was distributed across Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Metropolitan France.^[5] Henri Maarek and Elie Louzon were editors-in-chief of the newspaper and its editing managers were Michel Loffreda, Jacques Taieb and Maurice Sitbon.^[2] A right-wing revisionist Zionist leader Zeev Jabotinsky published a series of articles in the weekly in 1928.^[6]

The publishing of Le Réveil juif was moved to Tunis in the mid-1930s.^[7]

Le Réveil juif, as well as other Jewish publications in Tunisia, was suppressed by the Vichy regime in October 1940.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Nomenclature des journaux & revues en langue française du monde entier. Paris, Les bureaux de l'Argus, 1937. p. 469
   - Laskier, Michael M. North African Jewry in the Twentieth Century: The Jews of Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria. New York, NY [u.a.]: New York Univ. Press, 1994. p. 41
2. Mohsen Hamli. Le Réveil Juif (Sfax). Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World. Executive Editor Norman A. Stillman. Brill Online, 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012
3. Parfitt, Tudor. Israel and Ishmael: Studies in Muslim Jewish Relations. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. p. 113
4. Book: Reeva S. Simon. Michael M. Laskier. Sara Reguer. The Jews of the Middle East and North Africa in Modern Times. 2003. Columbia University Press. 978-0-231-10797-6. 449.
5. Lerman, Antony. The Jewish Communities of the World : a Contemporary Guide. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan Press in association with the Institute of Jewish Affairs, 1989. p. 159
6. Book: Baruch Kimmerling. Clash of Identities: Explorations in Israeli and Palestinian Societies. 4 June 2010. Columbia University Press. 978-0-231-14329-5. 96.
7. Houtsma, M. Th. E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936. New York: E.J. Brill, 1987. p. 868
8. Gottreich, Emily. Jewish Culture and Society in North Africa. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press, 2010. p. 310