Algeria's Jewish population went from 40,000 in 1948 to 500 in 1976. 200-300 Jews in Algeria today mostly live in Algiers, with a few families in Blida, Constantine and Oran. [September 2002]
"Jewish settlement in present-day Algeria can be traced back to the first centuries of the Common Era. In the 14th century, with the deterioration of conditions in Spain, many Spanish Jews moved to Algeria. Among them were a number of outstanding scholars, including the Ribash and the Rashbatz. After the French occupation of the country in 1830, Jews gradually adopted French culture and were granted French citizenship."
Source: http://www.virtualjerulsalem.com/communities/wjcbook/algeria/index.htm
- link no longer available [October 2000]
ALGIERS:
Federation des Communautes Israelites d'Alger, 6 rue Hassena Ahmed (formerly rue de Suffren), Tel: (213) 262-85-72. Synagogue: 6 rue Hassena Ahmed.
Inscriptions Tumulaires des Anciens Cimetieres de Alger (Grave inscriptions in Algiers old cemeteries) by I Bloch. Paris 1888. 142 pages of French and Hebrew inscriptions. 37B577. Notes: 48 tombstones, 1620-1815, short biographies, cemetery history and tombstones found during excavations, chronological order, no index. Source: Tagger, Mathilde.
Printed Books on Jewish cemeteries in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem: an annotated bibliography. Jerusalem: The Israel Genealogical Society, 1997.
BLIDA:
Consistoire d'Algerie, 29 rue des Martyrs. President: Roger Said. Tel: 3492657. [Setptember 2002]
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