Moroccan Jews

After racists remarks leaked

Prime Minister's spokesman steps down

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesman, Ziv Agmon, claimed the racist remarks were taken out of context, but still announced his resignation.

Rabbi Yosef Mashash zt'l's memories

How did Moroccan Jewry celebrate the victory over the Nazis ?

The story of Moroccan Jews on Victory Day over Nazi Germany, as described by Rabbi Yosef Mashash, zt"l, is a testament to the way in which world history unfolded in Jewish neighborhoods in North Africa. We must pass on this legacy - not only as another chapter of Holocaust history, but as a foundation for a broader Jewish identity.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Jewish radio station to open in Morocco

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

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.

The View from Dubai:

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.

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.

Supreme Court won't recognize Moroccan Jews as Holocaust victims

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

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.

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?

Historic meeting of Israeli, Morocco soccer league presidents

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

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.

Jewish Morocco: A funeral almost every single day

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

'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.'

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.

Morocco minorities call for religious freedom

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

Jewish couple murdered in Morocco

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

Moroccan Jew found dead at UK immigration removal center

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