Members of the Moroccan Jewish community from around the world are preparing to celebrate the annual Hilloula in Essaouira. Jews from America, North America, Latin America and all of Europe are taking part in this four-day event.
To celebrate the renovation of a Jewish cemetery located in the coastal city of Al Jadida, Moroccan officials and Jewish community leaders gathered for a pilgrimage.
The presence of the Jewish community in North Africa dates back to the 3rd century BC. The fruit of several waves of immigration, North African Judaism has left a significant imprint on Jewish history, even if its origin is little known and continues to be debated among historians. But after several millennia of presence and resistance in North Africa, the Jewish community seems to be slowly dying out.
The inauguration ceremony of the completely rehabilitated Jewish cemetery of El Jadida mobilized, on Thursday, August 1, 2019, an impressive number of members of the Jewish community of Morocco, coming from the main cities of the Kingdom and from abroad.
The Throne Feast was also celebrated by Moroccan Jews. During this ceremony, the president of the said community reiterated the attachment and constant mobilization of Jews behind King Mohammed VI.
Of the 12.8 million tourists visiting Morocco each year, more than 50,000 are Israeli. The Moroccan Jewish diaspora living in Israel represents a large part of the annual visitors.
During his meeting with Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Davi Alcolumbre, President of the Brazilian Senate, announced that his ancestors are originally from Morocco.
The fraternity between the three monotheistic religions was again at the center of a meeting last Friday in Casablanca where olive trees were planted near places of worship.
The Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels will host an Iftar and a cultural evening. On the museum’s Facebook page, the organizers explained that it is "to promote intercultural exchanges".
Facing a plethora of Belgian elected officials, André Azoulay, Advisor to King Mohammed VI, shared the rich history shared by Muslims and Christians in Morocco. This was last week, on the occasion of a conference on the richness of cultural diversity at the Belgian Senate.
On April 19, King Mohammed VI had ordered Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit to organize the elections of the Representative Instances of the Moroccan Jewish communities, which have not been held in Morocco for about 50 years.
The order comes from the king Mohammed VI . The sovereign has just ordered the organization of elections for the representative bodies of Moroccan Israelite communities.