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Yona Elfassi (L), founder of Limud Darija, with students at an event, in a video published on October 25, 2023. (YouTube screenshot/Limud Darija)
January 31, 2026, 7:18 am
Moroccan language course revives lost Jewish culture while bridging Mideast divide
Yona Elfassi, one of the few remaining Jews in Morocco, teaches Darija to Moroccan Diaspora Jews, inspiring Muslims in the country to reach out to learn Hebrew
By KYLE DESROSIERS-LEVINE
Chabad rabbis tour the old city of Fez, Morocco on May 18, 2023. (Avi Winner - Merkos 302)
May 19, 2023, 2:22 pm
Chabad envoys gather in Morocco, the cradle of the emissary project
Rabbis and their wives, from small communities in about 40 countries, celebrate 70th anniversary of ‘shluchim’ network that’s working to strengthen Jewish life across the globe
By Canaan Lidor
Fighters from the Islamic State group marching in Raqqa, Syria, January 14, 2014. (Militant photo via AP, File)
April 13, 2017, 11:38 am
Moroccan authorities say IS-linked cell dismantled
7 people held, were allegedly recruited by terror group to fight in Iraq and Syria
By AFP
A man walks inside a hall at the al-Qarawyin Library in the Moroccan city of Fez on November 21, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / FADEL SENNA)
December 1, 2016, 4:39 pm
In Morocco’s Fez, world’s oldest library holds gems
The Qarawiyyin library, built in 9th century, is home to priceless treatises in Islamic studies, astronomy and medicine
By Hervé BAR
A view of the medina, or old city, of Marrakech, with the Atlas Mountains in the distance. (photo credit: Michal Shmulovich)
March 9, 2014, 2:29 pm
Glimpsing Jewish memories amid the mellahs of Morocco
Hundreds of years of vibrant history are preserved among the colorful silver and spice souks of Marrakech and Fez
By Michal Shmulovich
Abdellah Boutadghart, right, of the Moroccan embassy in Senegal, and Rabbi Eliezer Di Martino of Lisbon at the main cemetery in Praia for the burial of a Cape Verde resident, May 2, 2013. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
May 15, 2013, 4:56 am
Why is the Moroccan king funding Jewish sites?
Whether to curry favor with US Jews or out of genuine interest, Mohammed VI has defied the region’s norms and taken wide-ranging steps to preserve community’s history
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Moroccan PM Abdelilah Benkirane at the opening of the Slat Al Fassiyine synagogue in Fez Wednesday (photo credit: Youtube image)
February 14, 2013, 6:04 pm
Morocco’s Islamist PM inaugurates refurbished Fez synagogue
Message from King Muhammad VI, praising the Jewish community and pledging to protect it, read out at ceremony
By Elhanan Miller
Lyn Julius
April 18, 2012, 4:57 pm
Lyn Julius
When the Jews sheltered with the sultan’s lions
A hundred years ago, in Fez, Morocco, Muslim army recruits mutinied against their French officers. Then they turned on the Jews
A Jewish man was murdered in the Moroccan city of Fez (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash 90)
From the WebMarch 27, 2012, 10:39 am
Jewish man beaten to death in Morocco
Ynet News: Resident of northern Fes attacked by assailant armed with hammer, suffers fatal head injuries
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