Tag: Moroccan Jews
Rediscovering the graves of three ‘esteemed’ Moroccan rabbis after 60 years
The tombs of three celebrated 17th- and 18th-century rabbis—Jacob Ben Malca, Hasday Almosnino and Jacob Marrache—have been rediscovered after more than 60 years at a cemetery in Tétouan in northern Morocco.
Renewed knowledge of the...
Youssef Elazhari, who once relied on Al Jazeera reporting, now gets his facts from...
Growing up in Marrakesh in the Kingdom of Morocco, Youssef Elazhari had positive views of Jews but not of Israel.
There hadn’t been many Jews around in Morocco since the community immigrated after 1948 with...
Los Angeles Jews honor Muslim scholar of Moroccan Jewry
With the red carpet rolled out and Moroccan music filling the Em Habanim synagogue in Los Angeles last week, more than 400 of the city’s Moroccan and Sephardic Jews gathered to honor Moroccan Muslim...
Bask in the glow of a Moroccan Purim
Purim, which is celebrated on the 14th day of the Jewish month of Adar (this year starting on March 16), commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from Haman’s plot to kill the region’s...
Israel National Security Council ends longtime travel advisory for Morocco
The Israeli National Security Council announced on Monday that it had canceled a travel alert that had been in effect for Morocco for more than a decade.
The decision came following work conducted by security...
Yom Hazikaron ceremony pays tribute to 60th year since sinking of ‘Egoz’
The Jewish Agency for Israel’s annual Yom Hazikaron ceremony—Israel’s Memorial Day—held on Wednesday honored a tragic event in Jewish history, as well as fallen soldiers, terror victims and those injured or killed in anti-Semitic...
Moroccan Israelis petition government to recognize 1948 riots in Oujda, Jerada as terrorism
Descendants of families murdered in the 1948 riots in the northeastern Moroccan towns of Oujda and Jerada are set to ask the Israeli government to recognize those killed in the events as victims of...
Israel signs multimillion-dollar strategic accord with Morocco
Jerusalem and Rabat have signed a strategic accord worth hundreds of millions of dollars, Israel Hayom has learned.
The heads of the Israel Manufacturers Association, the Israel Farmers Federation and the Israeli Federation of the Chambers of...
Moroccan Jews reflect on their heritage and tradition post-normalization with Israel
Experts in global Jewish history believe that highlighting minority voices within the Jewish community has the power to honor its nuances and interconnectedness. JNS’s new series highlighting Jewish ethnic minorities aims to elevate their...
Moroccan Mysticism: An Infusion of Judaism and Islam
Morocco is one of the most culturally rich countries in the world due to its extensive history; one major reason for its rich cultural heritage is due to the fact that numerous empires controlled...