American Jewish Committee Mourns Joseph Roger Bismuth, Longtime Leader of Tunisia's Jewish Community
October 03, 2019
October 03, 2019
NEW YORK, Oct. 3 -- The American Jewish Committee issued the following news release:
AJC mourns the passing of Joseph Roger Bismuth, 92, the longtime leader of the Tunisian Jewish community and a towering figure in his country's civic, political, and business spheres for more than half a century. He died in Tunis on Oct. 1.
Bismuth, a self-made man who endured the German occupation of Tunisia during World War II and rose to become one of his country's most prominent ind . . .
AJC mourns the passing of Joseph Roger Bismuth, 92, the longtime leader of the Tunisian Jewish community and a towering figure in his country's civic, political, and business spheres for more than half a century. He died in Tunis on Oct. 1.
Bismuth, a self-made man who endured the German occupation of Tunisia during World War II and rose to become one of his country's most prominent ind . . .