The Speaking Middle East initiative aims to bring Mizrahi Jewish identity to the forefront of conflict resolution ...

(JTA) — 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 ...

National Jewish Book Award recipient Aviad Moreno’s work focuses on northern Morocco’s Hispanic Jews, whose yearning for a 'homeland' was often for Spain, not elusive Israel ...

The Amazigh people are the indigenous people of North Africa, with tribal populations stretching from Siwa in Egypt to Semara ...

The Morrocan Ministry of Culture officially listed three Jewish monuments from the city of Asillah on the country's national heritage list, a February 20 announcement said. The monuments include the ...

There are approximately 3,000 Jews in the country, down from the 200,000 who lived there before Israel’s establishment. Morocco also has a centuries-old community of farmers who grow etrogs ...

Some Moroccan Jews claim, without persuasive evidence so far, that Jews first arrived in what is now Morocco sometime after destruction of Jerusalem’s First Temple in 586 B.C.E.

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 ...

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 ...