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Community in Morocco - World Jewish Congress

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Community in Morocco - World Jewish Congress

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This web page from the World Jewish Congress provides a concise but comprehensive overview of Morocco's Jewish community, focusing on its historical significance and organizational connections to the global Jewish community. The page serves as an informational resource about one of the most historically important Jewish communities in the Arab world, documenting both its ancient origins and its contemporary status as the largest remaining Jewish population in North Africa. The content traces the remarkable longevity of Moroccan Jewry, emphasizing its extraordinary historical depth by noting that the community dates back "more than two millennia to the pre-Roman Jewish colonies of Mauretania and Tingitania." The page presents striking demographic data that illustrates the dramatic transformation of this community over the past century: from a thriving population of over 250,000 people at its peak in the late 1950s to an estimated 2,100 Jews remaining in 2020. This demographic decline reflects the broader pattern of Jewish emigration from Arab countries following the establishment of Israel and regional political changes. A significant portion of the content is dedicated to documenting the formal organizational relationships between Moroccan Jewish institutions and the World Jewish Congress (WJC). The page provides specific dates and details about this institutional history, beginning with Isaac Pinto's representation of Moroccan Jewry at the 1936 WJC Plenary in Geneva, followed by Tangier's Jewish community becoming a WJC affiliate in December 1947. The text highlights a notable moment of Jewish organizational coordination in October 1955, when four major Moroccan Jewish organizations—including the Council of Jewish Communities of Morocco, the WJC Central Moroccan Committee, the Alliance Israélite Universelle, and the Organization of Former Pupils of the Alliance in Morocco—established a unified Committee of Coordination. The page concludes by identifying the current institutional representative, noting that "The Conseil des Communautés Israélites du Maroc (Council of Israelite Communities of Morocco) is the Moroccan affiliate of the World Jewish Congress." This organizational focus reflects the page's apparent purpose as part of the WJC's documentation of its global network of affiliated communities, serving both as a historical record and as practical information for those seeking to understand the formal structure of organized Jewish life in Morocco today.

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Community in Morocco - World Jewish Congress. (2025, 11 22). www.worldjewishcongress.org. https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/about/communities/MA

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Domain www.worldjewishcongress.org
File Size 881 KB
Archived 2025-11-22T16:11:36.348503
Document ID #115
Languages 5 available