A group of 130 Algerian-born Jews, who were expelled from their town in 1962, went back to visit Sunday. The Tlemcen exiles, who now live in France, were welcomed by the town’s mayor and its residents. The group’s leader, Andre Charbit, met informally with Ahmed Ben Bella, a former president of Algeria.
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