The only known Jewish museum in the Arab world is tucked away in a residential neighborhood of the Moroccan economic metropolis of Casablanca, guarded by a lone soldier. Among other items, the museum ...

A prominent Moroccan political figure has called a recent incident in which Jewish tourists were seen praying publicly ...

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 ...

Amidst worthy projects to preserve and promote Morocco’s Jewish identity, organisations linked to Israel seek to dilute the ...

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 ...

RABAT (Reuters) - Suzanne Harroch speaks and sings in Judeo-Moroccan, a language of a once-thriving Jewish community that numbered about 300,000 - one of the largest in the Muslim world. Today, she ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stephanie Laurent organised the Mimouna celebration in honour of her late mother [BBC] In a hired garden room near Marble Arch, ...