Tag: Moroccan Jews
Moroccan Jews’ Migration to Israel in the 20th Century
Prior to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Morocco was home to some 250,000 Jewish inhabitants. Moroccan Jews had arrived in the country by means of two major waves of immigration,...
Delving into Moroccan multiculturalism
There is no doubt that Morocco occupies a strategic position in its region. As a matter of fact, it sits on the crossroad of many cultures, religions and civilizations, and has through centuries become...
The Departure of Moroccan Jews to Israel Bitterly Regretted
A recent documentary entitled: "Tinighir-Jerusalem, echoes from the Mellah" created incredible controversy within the Moroccan society. Pan-Arabs called the filmmaker and historian Kamal Hachkar an agent of Zionism 'amil sahyouni, whereas the Islamists, kind...
Israel to Reveal Evidence of Discrimination Against Jewish-Moroccan Immigrants
Israel will reveal archived documents pertaining to the discrimination practised by Israeli state against Moroccan Jews who immigrated to Israel in the 1950s.
The silent suffering of Moroccan Jewish immigrants in 1950s Israel will soon...
Morocco’s rich Jewish history
Morocco’s Jewish community has declined from its heyday of 250,000 people in the 1950s to a few thousand today, but its vibrant past continues to be a draw for Jewish visitors and a selling...
How will Jews be remembered in Morocco when they are all gone?
I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. There I was, an Orthodox Israeli Jew, at a 500-year-old synagogue in Marrakesh, distributing food parcels to Muslims for Ramadan, representing the International...