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  • Morocco to Open Jewish Culture Museum, Highlighting Shared Heritage
    17 April 2019, by Bladi.net

    Serge Berdugo, Secretary General of the Council of Israelite Communities of Morocco (CCIM), said on Monday that the initiative of His Majesty King Mohammed VI to create a museum of Jewish culture is of "absolutely extraordinary" symbolic significance.
    According to the statements made to the press by Serge Berdugo, "creating this place of memory in a city that is the cradle of Moroccan civilization, where the imprint of Moroccan Judaism has been most marked, shows the Sovereign’s intention (…)

  • COVID-19 Outbreak Hits Moroccan Jewish Community Hard, 11 Deaths Reported
    10 April 2020, by Bladi.net

    The Jewish community in Morocco is being hit hard by Covid-19. Already eleven deaths recorded. It is the death of a relative of the leader of the Labor Party Amir Peretz, which has brought the number to 11.
    The one the Jewish community of Morocco mourns is called Yamin Peretz, 74 years old. He died a week after his wife Simone, and his son Ari, in a hospital in Casablanca. The three are relatives of the Labor MP and died of Covid-19, reports Channel Channel 12, reported by the newspaper (…)

  • Israeli Tourist Dies in Casablanca Bus Accident, Jewish Leader Confirms
    2 December 2019, by Sylvanus

    Following the death of an Israeli in a bus accident on Friday, November 29 in Casablanca, Serge Berdugo, president of the Jewish Community Council, wanted to refute certain rumors.
    It is indeed "a serious, regrettable accident that has saddened a Jewish pilgrimage," Serge Berdugo, president of the Jewish Community Council of Casablanca, told Le360.
    "From all the testimonies, the accident thesis is the only plausible one. There is no doubt about the accident thesis," he said, adding that (…)

  • Moroccan Jewish Community Prays for King Mohammed VI’s Recovery After Surgery
    17 June 2020, by Kamal

    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 recovery.
    The Moroccan Jews of the Jewish faith, the Secretary General affirmed, are relieved to learn of the "success of the operation undergone by Your Majesty", emphasizing in passing the respectful and "indissoluble" character that characterizes the ties between the Community and the Alaouite Dynasty.
    "We raise (…)

  • Moroccan Jewish Community Revives Historic Pilgrimage in Meknes After 60 Years
    20 May 2022, by Ginette

    For the first time in 60 years, members of the Moroccan Jewish community celebrated, on Wednesday, at the historic Jewish cemetery of Meknes, the Hilloula of the Tsadikim.
    The event is unprecedented and brought together members of the Jewish community of Morocco and several foreign countries, particularly France, Belgium, Canada and Israel. In a statement to M24, the Secretary General of the Council of Israeli Communities in Morocco, Serge Berdugo, expressed "his great emotion" to attend (…)