Le Kéren Kayémeth LeIsraël en Afrique du Nord (1920-1962)

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to study the history and evolution of the North-African branch of the Jewish National Fund, better known as Kéren Kayémeth LeIsraël (KKL), from the 1920s to the post-independence period (1962), while highlighting its geographic singularities. The KKL’s actions in Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria – fundraising, political propaganda, cultural activities, etc. – shed light, more broadly, on the complex relationship between North-African Jews and the Zionist ideology, and its evolution along the second half of the 20th century.