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Lecture by Claude Nataf on 27 January 2026: The Dreyfus Affair as Seen from Tunisia

Claude Nataf

As part of its lecture series, the SHJT is pleased to welcome Claude Nataf, President of the SHJT.

The lecture will take place on Tuesday 27 January 2026 at 6:30 pm at the Mairie du 9e arrondissement (9th arrondissement town hall), 6 rue Drouot. Claude Nataf will speak on the following theme:

The Opening of the First Alliance Israélite Universelle School in Tunisia (1878) and the Educational Revolution of Tunisian Jewry

While the Dreyfus Affair gave rise to violent antisemitic demonstrations in Algeria, with several deaths in the Jewish community and the election as Mayor of Algiers of a self-proclaimed anti-Jewish candidate, the situation was quite different in Tunisia, where Chief Rabbi Elie Borgel obtained the banning of an antisemitic newspaper. The speaker will examine the reasons for the different situations in Algeria and Tunisia and will trace the impact of the Affair and its influence on the Jewish community of Tunisia and its feelings towards France.

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Below you will find the full audio recording of this event in mp3 format (credits: Morris Azan)

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Claude Nataf

Founding President

Biography

Top of his class at the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (1967), postgraduate diploma (DEA) in twentieth-century history from the Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, vice-president of the Commission française des archives juives, founding president of the Society for the History of the Jews of Tunisia, departmental delegate of the French national education system

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