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Nice — a city of parks.

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On The French Riviera

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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 announce
Maison Guez.
Inside, David Guez greets
his customers by name as he
weighs figs and dates, slices
cheese, and wraps slices of the
house specialty, home-made
honeycake.
Later in the day, he'll go
upstairs to serve meals to the
loyal patrons of his restau-
rant. The menu features
hummus, falafel, couscous,
pizza and Tunisian
specialties, all fully kosher.
The chance to enjoy North
African cuisine, kosher style,
is just one of the pleasures
available to the Jewish
traveler in Nice. Besides
numerous kosher butcher
shops, the city has three
kosher restaurants and
varied Jewish attractions,
from an unusual Jewish
cemetery to a modern com-
munity center.
With a Jewish population of
30,000, Nice is now the fourth
largest Jewish community in
France, after Paris, Marseilles
and Lyon. Many North Afri-
can Jews have come to settle
in this easygoing city which
is the unofficial capital of the
famous French Riviera.
It's a city of palm trees,
salmon-colored government
buildings, expansive parks
and a wide stretch of Mediter-
ranean coastline bathed in
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 brass chandeliers and a
carved wooden bimah in the
center.
On one wall is a marble pla-
que, 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 a white building framed by
palm trees. Facilities include
two mikvahs, a chapel, class-
rooms and a large reception
hall.

A vivid mural covers one
entire wall of the reception
hall. It was created by Theo
Tobiasse, a Jewish artist who
lives in the nearby hill town
of Saint Paul de Vence. Mr.
Tobiasse, an active supporter
of the Jewish community of
Nice, donated his mural to
Centre Michelet.
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 nor-
thern part of the city, this