Edmond Amran El Maleh was born on 30 March 1917 in Safi and died on 15 November 2010 in Rabat. He remained faithful and passionate about Morocco. Edmond said: “I am a Moroccan Jew, and […]
the Jewish Museum of Casablanca is the symbol of the Moroccan exception. Founded by the Moroccan Foundation for Jewish Cultural Heritage in 1997, this institution is the only museum institution in the Arab world dedicated […]
Like all Jews around the world, Moroccan Jews celebrated a few days ago, “Yom Kippour”, or the Day of Forgiveness that Jews spend in temples praying, reading the Torah and asking the Lord for forgiveness. […]
Haim Zafrani was born in Essaouira on June 10, 1922, into an Andalusian Jewish family belonging to the nobility, which settled in the Sous region after being expelled from Spain in 1492. He lived in […]
The famous rabbi Yoshiahu Pinto, of Moroccan origin and from the city of Essaouira, gave a religious conference last Sunday at the “Beth El” synagogue in Casablanca on the occasion of the Hebrew New Year […]
The Beth-El temple, which in Hebrew means “house of God”, is located in the Sidi Belyout district, near the famous Place Verdun, in the heart of Casablanca, where many members of Morocco’s Jewish community lived. […]
A few days ago, Jews around the world celebrated the Hebrew New Year, or Rosh Hashana, which today reached 5776, according to the Hebrew calendar. If Jews do not agree on how to celebrate this […]
Boris Toledano, former head of the Jewish community in Casablanca, was one of Morocco’s most important Jewish personalities. He was deeply respected by Jews, as well as Muslims in the kingdom, and his memory is […]
Moroccan and Jewish community leaders celebrated the renovation of a Jewish cemetery in the coastal city of Al Jadida. About 200 people gathered earlier this month in the city’s recently restored Jewish cemetery, which is […]
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the death of HM King Hassan II, the Facebook page “Israel speaks Arabic” paid tribute to the Moroccan sovereign by publishing a photo of the street and […]
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