Holidays

Hanukah celebrated in Casablanca

Moroccan Jews celebrate Hanukah in Toronto

Hanukah singing Moroccan style

Hanukah Donuts Jewish Moroccan style

Passover: Reading of the Haggadah wine blessing ‘kiddush’ by the Singer Jo Amar, who pioneered and introduced oriental music in Israel

Passover: Mimuna a Jewish Moroccan celebration at the end of passover.

Passover: Mimuna a Jewish Moroccan celebration at the end of passover.

Dr Ygal Bin Nun claims that the Mimuna is an ancient pagan ritual aimed at appeasing an old jinn

Shavuot: This is sung at the time of Peti?at haHechal on the second day of Shavu’ot.
Sung by: Ribi Momy Assayag z”l

Tisha’ beAv scroll reading by rabbi Meir Elazar Atia, with a painting slide show

Selihot with images of leading saints and rabbis

Food

Mofleta
Preparing the mofleta pastry at the end of Passover, the eve of the Mimuna, a celebration unique to Moroccan Jewry, an expression of openness to nature and the world. See Mimuna in the holidays section of videography.

Education

Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi ha-Cohen (1013 – 1103)
Harif’s contribution to the development of Jewish knowledge

Jewish Learning and Modernization in Morocco

Hasidut Habad in Morocco. Journalist Yehuda Ceitlin travles to Casablanca to find a shirinking Jewish Community in Morocco. It’s remaining members have friends and family living abroad, but chooce to coexist with the North African Muslim population. People: Rabbi Sholom Eidelman, Reizel Raskin,
Language: Hebrew, Yiddish

Alliance film in North Africa. The Illigh village in Morocco is featured.

Communities

Beni Melal – A blessed Jewish community in Morocco

Beni Melal Market

Casablanca: A description of Jewish life in Casablanca, Synagogues, Hebrew and French Schools and the choice of Israel over the West and Morocco.

Casablanca Jewish Community Centre

Casablanca Beth El Synagogue

Casablanca Aging honorably in Casablanca

In collaboration with Casablanca since 1900 A description of Casablanca since 1900

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Essaouira had a Jewish Community too

Essaouira setting for: Jewish Learning and Modernization in Morocco

Fes Mellah the old Jewish Quarter

Fes The Last Jews of Fes

Fes Jews as described by Youness Abedour

Mazagan or El Jadida

The Jewish community has for many centuries lived in harmony and friendship with its Muslim and Christian neighbors in this most beautiful land of Morocco, but has been reduced to a mere few thousand from over 450,000 souls. These precious photos of the City of ELJADIDA (formerly known as Mazagan) gives a small glimpse of its former Jewish community which no longer exists. Peace to all.

Marrakesh Jewish Quarter – the Melah

Meknes had a Jewish Community too

Meknes Memories

Ouazzane had a Jewish Community and a Saint

Rabat had a Jewish Community too

Safi de Felix Abenhaim

Tangier International City

Cemeteries

Tighedouine, Morocco: Jewish Cemeteries, Homes, & More in the Foothills of the Atlas Mountains

Jewish Moroccan Heritage in Marrakesh and Rabat (synagogues) and Fes (cemetery)

The Fes Jewish Cemetery

Ouazzane had a Jewish Community and a Saint

Essaouira/Mogador Jewish Cemetery

Beni Melal – A blessed Jewish community in Morocco

Marrakesh Jewish Cemetery