Morocco’s UN Envoy: Jewish Community Integral to Nation’s History, Never Persecuted
20 December 2020
The Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, stated that Jews have never been persecuted on Moroccan territory.
Moroccan Judaism
Morocco Launches Major Restoration of Jewish Heritage Sites
14 December 2020
On the instructions of King Mohammed VI, a vast restoration operation of synagogues, sanctuaries and Jewish cemeteries will be launched in Morocco in the coming days.
Morocco-Israel Ties Spark Joy Among Moroccan Jewish Community
14 December 2020
The Jewish community in Morocco describes the normalization with Israel as a "positive act". Some are eager to spend the weekend in Tel Aviv.
Jewish Leaders Call for Protection of Muslim Children Amid French Terror Investigations
27 November 2020
Apology for terrorism, death threats, insults or incitement to hatred, these are the subjects on which hundreds of investigations have been launched in France after the (…)
Morocco to Introduce Judeo-Moroccan History in School Curriculum, a First for Arab World
20 November 2020
For the first time in the Arab-Muslim world, the history of Jewish culture will be taught in Moroccan schools. This historic decision was announced by the Conference of (…)
Egypt’s Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Jewish Pilgrimage to Moroccan Rabbi’s Tomb
28 September 2020
In Egypt, the Supreme Administrative Court has confirmed the decision of the Alexandria Administrative Court to ban the annual Jewish celebration in honor of the 19th century (…)
Rare Photos Unveil Morocco’s Vanished Jewish Communities at Paris Museum
26 September 2020
The Museum of Jewish Art and History has been hosting an exhibition of photographs of the rural Jewish communities that lived in Morocco since June 30 and until 2021. These are (…)
Morocco Investment Rumors Debunked: Jewish Leaders Deny Outreach from Officials
20 June 2020
The information that Jewish businessmen from Ceuta and Melilla would have been approached to invest in Morocco is "false", according to Jaime Azancot, president of the (…)
Morocco Reportedly Entices Jewish Businesspeople from Spanish Enclaves with Investment Offers
19 June 2020
The royal palace would have directly contacted by telephone Jewish citizens of Ceuta and Melilla to offer them to settle in the border commercial areas of the kingdom, near (…)
Moroccan Jewish Community Prays for King Mohammed VI’s Recovery After Surgery
17 June 2020
In a letter addressed on behalf of the Council of the Israelite Community in Morocco, the Secretary General, Serge Berdugo, presented his wishes for King Mohammed VI’s speedy (…)