Moroccan Jewish Culture
David Bouzaglo: The Rabbi Poet
David Bouzaglo is both a rabbi and an artist, and is one of the most famous in Morocco and Israel. He was born in the outskirts of Marrakech in 1903. His passion for singing appeared […]
Month: May 2020
Moroccan Jewish Culture
Rabbi Pinto Answers Your Questions
The confinement imposed on citizens around the world has not prevented Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto from communicating with his followers, be it through social networks where his accounts are followed by hundreds of thousands of fans, […]
World News
The Day I Became Another Victim of Genocide
From one genocide to another The exhibition, “The Day I Became Another Genocide Victim”, was planned to be opened on 7 April 2020 at the Holocaust and Genocide Center in Johannesburg. However, after Covid 19 things […]
Morocco News
Gad El Maleh’s beautiful message to Wydad
To celebrate the 83rd anniversary of Wydad de Casablanca, Gad El Maleh sent a video to the Casablanca club to wish it the best of luck. On this video, which was shared on the official […]
Morocco News
Wydad Is Releasing a Book to Mark its 83rd Anniversary
The Wydad Action association published a book celebrating the 83rd anniversary of the Wydad de Casablanca club. The book retraces the history of the club since its creation in 1937. The book focuses primarily on […]
Moroccan Jewish Culture
Jewish Artist: Rediscovering the Artwork of Gerty Simon
Wiener Holocaust Library announces the online exhibition of Gerty Simon’s lost photographs. The exhibition presents the life and work of the pioneering photographer, renowned in the 1920s and 1930s for her portraits of political and […]
Moroccan Jewish Culture
Sheikh El Afrite: The Talented Singer
Sheikh El Afrite was born in 1897 in the Mellah of Tunis, but his origins go back to a small Amazigh village in the Moroccan region of Souss, on the outskirts of Agadir, where his […]
Moroccan Jewish Culture
Celebration of Shimon Bar Yohai Despite the State of Heath Emergency
In Israel, Jews were keen to celebrate the anniversary of the death of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai, one of the most important symbols of Jewish spirituality and of the “Kabbalah”, also known as the Feast […]
World News
The singer/dancer Noa Neve
Having grown up singing and dancing in a multi-cultured country like Israel, Noa was exposed to a variety of musical styles and dance disciplines that ultimately lent themselves to what is now her diverse and […]
Morocco News
Morocco: What Is the Future of the Restaurant Sector?
Think of a restaurant that is full to capacity every lunchtime. Think of a very popular place with a very loyal customers. You probably know more than one… And Think, again, that these places find […]