Growing up in Fez, Morocco, Yona Elfassi was always aware of the history of the city, which has been a center of culture, ...

At the request of Morocco’s king, prayers for rain were held at synagogues across the kingdom. The prayers were recited on Jan. 11, one day after countless Muslims said similar prayers in mosques at ...

The Nazi persecution of Jews in Europe during World War II also had its effects on North African Jews, who experienced death, ...

In the old Jewish quarter of Morocco's coastal city of Essaouira, a newly-opened "House of Memory" has been dedicated to the historic coexistence of its Jewish and Muslim communities. Andre Azoulay, ...

For Morocco’s Jews, the festival of Purim, beginning March 13, has contemporary resonance, illustrating the tenuous existence of diaspora Jewish communities throughout history and the world. Last year ...

In retrospect, the history of relations between Israel, independent Morocco, and its Jewish community could be framed under the sign of a “catastrophe that did not occur.” No collective disaster ...

Descendants of Jews from Cape Verde plan to rededicate a burial plot in the West African island state next week, largely thanks to funding by the king of Morocco. The rededication ceremony is ...

For rights activist Sion Assidon, a Moroccan of Jewish descent who also describes himself as Berber and Arab, Zionism breeds anti-Semitism in today's Arab world but aversion to Israel's policies is ...

Neta Elkayam and Amit Hai Cohen teach the most popular elective at Xavier University. At least for now. The class does not begin with a lecture. Instead, Neta Elkayam stands at the front of the room ...

JUF’s King David Society Morocco Mission participants. Marilyn Diamond is on the bottom row, second from left. Hours before the first night of Chanukah, Morocco became the fourth recent Arab nation to ...

Relations between Jews and Muslims in Morocco have historically been strong – a coexistence that is frequently contrasted with tensions elsewhere in North Africa and the Middle East. Although now ...