A memorial was held in Tunis for one of the Jewish men killed during the Jan. 9 attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris.
The memorial for Yoav Hattab, 21, son of the Tunisian capital’s chief rabbi, was held on Jan. 17 outside the Great Synagogue. An estimated 1,500 Jews live in Tunis.
About 150 people carrying candles and photos of the victim, as well as Tunisian flags, gathered to memorialize Hattab. He had been attending university in Paris.
Hattab reportedly fought against the Islamic extremist gunman Amedy Coulibaly, who took more than a dozen supermarket customers and employees hostage, killing four.
Chabad.org said over the weekend that among Hattab’s last texts before entering the supermarket was to a friend whom he encouraged to observe Shabbat. “This is a difficult time in France for Jews. At least try,” Hattab reportedly texted. — jta