The Tunisian Jews of Israel

The Tunisian Jews of Israel, numbering approximately 14,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a repatriated diaspora community of Tunisian Jews in Israel. They mostly adhere to Judaism and Tunisian Arabic is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Jew, Tunisian

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Jewish Peoples
Country: Israel
People Cluster: Jews
Primary Language(s): Tunisian Arabic (aeb)
Primary Religion(s): Judaism
Population: 14,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011767
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Pray for the Tunisian Jews of Israel

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Judaism
Religious Affiliation: Judaism

98%
%
Judaism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tunisian Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Arabic, Tunisian Speakers

Media Resources in Tunisian Arabic:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Bible Resources in Tunisian Arabic:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Tunisian Arabic bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Tunisian Jews are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Tunisian Jews:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Tunisian Jews of Israel

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
read1 Timothy 6:9

Pray for those, rich and poor, who have put their trust in worldly things, and ask that they will be honest with themselves, acknowledge their need for God and turn to Him.

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that the gospel will advance among those who don’t know the good news of salvation in Jesus so that they might believe and trust in Jesus.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
readPsalm 22:27

Pray that all families of the nations will worship the Lord in spirit and in truth.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe."
readJohn 6:35-36

Praise God for the things such as bread that He has provided as natural conversation bridges to the gospel. Pray that believers will use any bridges He provides to share the gospel with those who do not yet know the good news.

Jew, Tunisian Across Countries (ROP3 - 110287) reported in the following countries:

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