Native of Casablanca, Pierre Assouline obtained his Spanish passport after five years of fierce struggle, thus becoming Spanish again. He asks King Felipe VI to definitively repeal the Alhambra Decree of 1492.
The resumption of relations between Morocco and Israel is making Israeli citizens of Moroccan origin happy, who no longer miss any opportunity to display their identity. This is the case of the Israeli Minister of Transport Miri Regev, who, on her Facebook account, shared a photo of herself wearing a Moroccan caftan on the occasion of the Mimouna festival, celebrated on April 3 last.
This year, the Jewish Passover or Pessah will be celebrated from March 27 to April 4, 2021. Serge Berdugo, taking advantage of this day marking the beginning of this holiday, wishes a very happy holiday to the entire Moroccan Jewish community.
Rabbi Yossef Pinto confides that he experienced an intense spiritual moment with King Mohammed VI during their first meeting. A moment that has remained a vivid memory for the founder of the Shuva Israel organization.
The president of the Arab World Institute (IMA) and former French Minister of Culture, Jack Lang, is currently on a professional visit to Morocco, on the sidelines of the exhibition that the IMA is preparing on the history of Jews in the Middle East and the Arab world. According to him, Morocco has a special place at the heart of this exhibition, due to Moroccan Judaism, which is one of the most influential, having benefited from the personal investment of the country’s first leader.
Simon Haïm Skira, secretary general of the French Federation of Moroccan Judaism (FFJM) will run in the upcoming regional elections in Casablanca. This announcement was made by Abdellatif Ouahbi , secretary general of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM).
The Minister of National Education and Vocational Training, Saaïd Amzazi , had a telephone conversation on Wednesday evening with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Galant. The two officials agreed to set up exchange programs for students from both countries.
A new cultural program is making its way into the MEDI1 TV program grid. It will be dedicated to the cultural expressions of the Jewish component of the Moroccan identity.
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the Arab World Institute (IMA) has scheduled for next fall, an event on the history of Jews in the East and the Arab world. On the sidelines of this initiative never organized before, Jack Lang, the president of the IMA, stated that Morocco holds a special place in the effective holding of this celebration.
The new dynamic of relations between Morocco and Israel should in no way be described as normalization, according to Omar Hilale . The Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN discusses the role of Judaism in the history of Morocco, as well as the natural coexistence between Moroccan Muslims and Jews.
The Minister of Justice, Mohamed Ben Abdelkader , made a working visit this week to the Hebrew Chamber of the Civil Court in Casablanca. On the agenda, a review of the situation and prospects for the enhancement of the Hebrew Chamber in the Moroccan judicial system.
The official flight of December 22 opens the ball of air services between Israel and Morocco. These will become operational within three months, with daily direct flights between Tel Aviv, Casablanca, Rabat and Marrakech, said Nadia Fettah Alaoui, the Moroccan Minister of Tourism, to the television channel I24 .