The Museum of Moroccan Judaism is a museum of Jewish life in Morocco in Casablanca, Morocco.
Museum of Moroccan Judaism, Casablanca, Morocco
One of the halls of the Moroccan Jewish Museum, Casablanca
One of the halls of the Moroccan Jewish Museum, Casablanca
One of the halls of the Moroccan Jewish Museum, Casablanca
Moroccan Jews are Jews who live in or are from Morocco. Moroccan Jews constitute an ancient community dating to Roman times. Jews began immigrating to the region as early as 70 CE. They were later met by a second wave of migrants from the Iberian peninsula in the period which immediately preceded and followed the issuing of the 1492 Alhambra Decree, when Jews were expelled from Spain, and soon afterward, from Portugal. This second wave of immigrants changed Moroccan Jewry, which largely embraced the Andalusian Sephardic liturgy, to switch to a mostly Sephardic identity.
Jews of Fez c. 1900
Etching of Jewish home in Mogador, Darondeau (1807–1841)
Balconies in the Mellah of Fes, an old Jewish neighborhood, distinguish the homes from homes of Muslims at the time.
Beth-El Synagogue in Casablanca in 2017