Moroccan Jews
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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 much late
Jews of Fes c. 1900
Ifrane Atlas-Saghir in the Anti-Atlas, known to Jews as Oufrane, is believed to be the oldest Jewish community in Morocco, speculatively dated to the year 361 BCE.
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.
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