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 ...

SAFI, Morocco — It’s an uncommon sight for an Arab country: hundreds of joyous Jewish pilgrims gathering without fear around a rabbi’s tomb, greeted by local Muslim officials who share a prayer with ...

Stephanie Laurent organised the Mimouna celebration in honour of her late mother In a hired garden room near Marble Arch, north London, the atmosphere is warm and festive, echoing the feel of a ...

This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Sign up here to get Haaretz’s free Daily Brief newsletter delivered to your inbox. After World War II, two Jews met ...

CASABLANCA, Morocco -- Harry Amar worries his little sister will never know the Morocco he grew up in, a land where Jews and Muslims lived comfortably side by side. Three-year-old Audrey's Jewish ...

Morocco, once home to one of the Arab world’s largest and oldest Jewish communities, has become the second biggest source of Jewish migration to Israel, according to a new report from the Pew Research ...

Morocco is an enigma. A beautiful country of deserts, mountains and beaches, it is located on the northwestern coast of Africa bordered by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The Alawi ...

At its core, the petition asks that Moroccan nationality be granted to all Moroccan Jews who previously renounced it, and to all their children and grandchildren. A legislative petition calling for ...

Jews and Jewish sites appear to have largely been spared following the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco late Friday, killing at least 2,100 people and plunging some of the poorest areas of ...

Rabbi Hier read from a letter sent by Israeli President Isaac Herzog in December 2022 to Mohammad VI. (Photo from Facebook) No one had any idea that an earthquake would hit Morocco shortly after a ...

The Jewish Agency executive today appealed to world opinion for support of Jewish rights in Morocco. The appeal was directed especially to the United Nations and the League of Human Rights. It was ...

Historians agree that the presence of Jews in Morocco dates back to the first destruction of Solomon’s temple by the Babylonians, in the sixth century BC – meaning that since the Middle Ages, “Morocco ...