Zionism in Morocco
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Organized Zionism, the 19th century ethnocultural nationalist movement to establish a Jewish state through the colonization of Palestine, came to Morocco from Europe at the beginning of the 20th centu
Rabbi Judah Leon Jalfón [he]—founder of the Shivat-Zion (שיבת ציון 'Return to Zion') Association in Tetuan, seated—with Ariel Bension—emissary of the Jewish National Fund, standing on the left—and other Zionist activists in Tetuan, 1921.
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Jared Kushner, son-in-law of President Donald Trump and then-senior advisor to him as well, speaking in a joint U.S.–Israeli delegation to Morocco, December 2020.
The history of the Jews in Morocco goes back to ancient times. Moroccan Jews constitute an ancient community, with the oldest irrefutable evidence of Judaism in Morocco dating to the Roman period. Aft
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.
A 4th-5th century CE bronze oil lamp of the Roman period in the shape of a menorah, found at the ruins of Volubilis.
The Ibn Danan Synagogue in Fez
Kabbalistic charm against scorpions from Morocco