Before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, very few Moroccan Jews migrated to Palestine. Although the spread of Zionism in Morocco began at the turn of the 20th century, only starting in
An empty synagogue in Fes.
Moroccan Jewish immigrants arriving in Israel, 1954. From 1949 to 1956, Cadima migrated over 60,000 Moroccan Jews to Israel.
Elder Israeli citizen of Moroccan origin voting in the 1965 Israeli legislative election, Ashdod
Moroccan Jews celebrating the Mimouna festival in Jerusalem, Israel, 1988
Wadi Salib riots
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The Wadi Salib riots were a series of street demonstrations and acts of vandalism in the Wadi Salib neighborhood of Haifa, Israel, in 1959. They were sparked by the shooting of a Moroccan Jewish immig
Migration of Moroccan Jews to Israel
…eventually became defining aspects of this immigration wave. The cultural barriers and discrimination they encountered prompted protests (such as the Wadi Salib riots) and, over time, contributed to a gradual transformation in the Israeli political landscape. Rabbi David ben Shimon and his disciples migrated to…
Wadi Salib residents demonstrating in front of a Haifa police station after the shooting of Yaakov Elkarif