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n narrow Rue Per-
tinax in downtown
Nice, the kosher food
store is easy to spot. A bright
pink sign with two prominent
Stars of David announces
Maison Guez.
Inside, David Guez greets
his customers by name as he
weighs figs and dates, slices of
cheese and wraps pieces of
the house specialty, home-
made honeycake, for eager
customers. Later in the day
he'll go upstairs to serve
meals to the loyal patrons of
his restaurant. The menu
features hummus, falafel,
couscous, pizza and Tunisian
specialties, all kosher.
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The chance to enjoy North
African cuisine, kosher style,
is just one of the pleasures
available to the Jewish
traveler in Nice. There are
numerous kosher butcher
shops, three kosher
restaurants and varied attrac-
tions, from an unusual
Jewish cemetery to a modern
community center.
With a Jewish population of
30,000, Nice is the fourth
largest Jewish community in
France, after Paris, Marseilles
and Lyon. Many North
African Jews have come to
settle in this relaxed city
which is the unofficial capital
of the famous French Riviera.
It's a city of plam trees,
salmon-colored government
buildings, expansive parks
and a wide stretch of Mediter-
ranean coastline bathed in
luminous light. It's also a city
with a strong Jewish flavor.
Four synagogues are open
for daily minyan and seven
others have Shabbat services.
Two Jewish day schools, a
Jewish bookstore, even a
special weekly Jewish radio
program are all part of the ac-
tive Jewish life on the sunny
Cote d'Azur.
The Sephardic synagogue
at No. 7 Rue Gustave Deloye
is a good place to begin a tour
of Jewish highlights. Built in
1890 and recently renovated,
it looks unimposing from the
outside. But inside, the sanc-
tuary is dignified and ornate,
with gleaming brass
chandeliers and a carved
wooden bimah in the center.
On one wall is a marble pla-
que dedicated to "la memoire
de nos deportes victimes," a
reminder of the grim years
when Nice was Nazi-occupied
and its Jewish residents
deported. Many of them
perished in death camps.
But today, while the Jews of
Nice do not forget that
tragedy, they are proud of the
dynamic modern community
they've built since the war. A
symbol of this modernity is
centre Michelet, the modern
Jewish community center
that is the nerve center of
Jewish Nice.
It was built in 1983 with
funds partly provided by the
city. The Jews here are
unanimous in their praise of
Mayor Jacques Medicin for
his support of Jewish
activities.
The all-around cultural
center at No. 22 Rue Michelet
is an expansive white
building framed by palm
trees. Facilities include two
mikvahs, a chapel, classrooms
and a large reception hall.
A vivid and colorful mural
covers one entire wall of the
reception hall. It was donated
by Theo Ibbiasse, a Jewish ar-
There are many
kosher butcher
shops.
tist of considerable reknown
who lives in the nearby hill
town of Saint Paul de Vence.
But the real feast of visual
art for the Jewish traveler is
the remarkable museum
known as the National
Museum of the Bible Message
of Marc Chagall. Situated in
Olivetti Park in the beautiful
northern part of the city, this
museum displays 17 major
Chagall oil paintings, all with
Biblical themes.
In luminous blues and
greens, the famous Jewish ar-
tist depicts scenes from
Genesis and Exodus in twelve
enormous canvasses that
hang in the Great Hall. Also
in the museum are sculptures
of David and Moses; bas-
reliefs of Sarah, Rebecca,
Rachel and Leah; magnifi-
cant stained glass windows
and a display of 200 of
Chagall's preliminary studies
which led to the large
canvasses.
Another sightseeing high-
light for the Jewish traveler
— quite different — is the old
Jewish cemetery in Nice.
Located on a hill near the cur-
ving coastline is an old
building known as the Castle.
lb reach the cemetery, the
visitor rides the elevator to
the top of the Castle.
Outside, there's a sweeping
vista of sea, sand and the
red roofs of the old town
below. The cemetery is high
on this hill, a serene plot of
ground punctuated by tall
trees. A simple plaque at the