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News and updates about Moroccan Jews

Rare photos: Hanukkah menorahs in the heart of Tehran

Hanukkah menorahs in the heart of Tehran, and children wearing candle-shaped crowns in Morocco – Alliance Kol Yisrael Chaverim presents historical photographs from Hanukkah celebrations during times when these communities flourished.

Rare photos: Hanukkah menorahs in the heart of Tehran

Farewell to David Levy

From the fight for those drowned on the SS Egoz to the meeting in the mayor's parking lot. In memoriam.

Farewell to David Levy

What do you take from Israel's national days?

There is only one important message and it has to resonate over and over. Op-ed.

What do you take from Israel's national days?

Ohana in Moroccan synagogue: My father learned Zionism here

Speaker Ohana prays in Rabbi Shalom Zaoui Synagogue in Rabat, where his father prayed before making aliyah.

Ohana in Moroccan synagogue: My father learned Zionism here

A Moroccan Jewish museum in Manhattan: The ambitious dream

The Manhattan Sephardic Congregation knows how to build bridges. The museum is one of these. A conversation with Rabbi Benchimol.

A Moroccan Jewish museum in Manhattan: The ambitious dream

Jewish radio station to open in Morocco

Jewish focused radio station will feature programming that highlights the culture of Moroccan Jews.

Jewish radio station to open in Morocco

Remains of early Jewish community found in Morocco

Moroccan, Israeli and French archeologists have unearthed the remnants of an early Jewish community in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.

Remains of early Jewish community found in Morocco

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The Sahara issue: A clear-cut Moroccan position

The US decision to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty in the Sahara is a shift in international position in favor of the kingdom's cause.Op-ed.

The Sahara issue: A clear-cut Moroccan position

Rabbi Makhlouf Fahima has passed away

Rabbi Fahima was the senior rabbi of the North African Jewish community in Israel, and headed the Torah v'Chessed institutions.

Rabbi Makhlouf Fahima has passed away

Supreme Court won't recognize Moroccan Jews as Holocaust victims

Israeli Supreme Court rules that Jews of Morocco are ineligible for Holocaust compensation.

Supreme Court won't recognize Moroccan Jews as Holocaust victims

60 Years Later: Remembering the Egoz disaster

44 Jews died aboard the Egoz, which tragically sunk in 1961 during a covert mission to rescue Moroccan Jews and bring them to Israel.

60 Years Later: Remembering the Egoz disaster

Israel and Morocco – is it normalization?

Can we expect to see active Moroccan involvement in future Israeli-Palestinian negotiations on the core issue of Jerusalem?

Israel and Morocco – is it normalization?

Historic meeting of Israeli, Morocco soccer league presidents

Israel's, Morocco's soccer league presidents agreed to friendly match between the two national teams.

Historic meeting of Israeli, Morocco soccer league presidents

The Jews of Morocco, FDR, and the Nazis: A troubling episode

The full story of how FDR treated the Jews in Morocco and elsewhere in North Africa after the 1942 Allied liberation. Op-ed.

The Jews of Morocco, FDR, and the Nazis: A troubling episode

Jewish Morocco: A funeral almost every single day

'The strikes hit us one after the other,' member of Morocco's Jewish community says.

Jewish Morocco: A funeral almost every single day

'Kingdom of Morocco is good for the Jewish community'

Moroccan Rabbi describes tolerance enjoyed by Jewish community of Morocco. 'Lubavitcher Rebbe called Morocco a kingdom of grace.'

'Kingdom of Morocco is good for the Jewish community'

Historic Jewish quarter of Marrakesh sees revival

Jewish mellah which lost most of its 50,000 Jews gains popularity as a tourist destination thanks to restoration project.

Historic Jewish quarter of Marrakesh sees revival

Morocco minorities call for religious freedom

Jews, Christians, in Morocco press for recognition of their religious rights.

Morocco minorities call for religious freedom

Jewish couple murdered in Morocco

Moroccan couple murdered and dismembered in Casablanca. Incident appears unrelated to anti-Semitism.

Jewish couple murdered in Morocco

Moroccan Jew found dead at UK immigration removal center

A detainee said to have been on suicide watch has died while awaiting deportation.

Moroccan Jew found dead at UK immigration removal center