Hundreds of Jews demonstrated as Yom Kippur ended for the release of Tsion Haddad, in police custody. Story in Actualite juive ( with thanks: Michelle)
Hundreds of Jews demonstrate for the release of Tsion Haddad.
Haddad, 70, was stopped by police for having illegally-acquired meat in his car on the eve of Yom Kippur. The meat, they alleged, was unfit for human consumption. As soon as the festival was over, hundreds of Jews still wearing their skull caps demanded the intervention of the prime minister and the minister of the interior. A similar incident has not occurred for 20 years. To-date it is assumed that Haddad has still not been released.
Some 1,000 Jews live on the island of Djerba, one of the most ancient of Jewish communities.
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