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Moroccan Jews - Wikipedia

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Moroccan Jews - Wikipedia

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This Wikipedia page provides a comprehensive overview of Moroccan Jews, an ancient Jewish ethnic group with deep historical roots in Morocco dating back to Roman times. The page serves as an authoritative reference on this significant Jewish diaspora community, documenting their origins, demographic distribution, and cultural identity. The article focuses on both the historical development of Moroccan Jewry and their contemporary global presence, making it valuable for researchers, students, and anyone interested in Jewish history and North African studies. The page reveals fascinating demographic and historical insights about Moroccan Jews. At their peak in the 1950s, Morocco housed between 250,000-350,000 Jews, but massive emigration—including Operation Yachin from 1961-1964—reduced this population to approximately 2,250 today. The vast majority now live in Israel (around 1 million, making them the second-largest Jewish community there), with significant populations in France (50,000+), Canada (27,000), and the United States (25,000). The article traces two major waves of Jewish settlement: the initial migration beginning around 70 CE during Roman times, and a second wave following the 1492 Alhambra Decree when Jews were expelled from Spain and Portugal. This second wave of Sephardic refugees fundamentally transformed Moroccan Jewish identity, leading the community to largely adopt Andalusian Sephardic liturgical practices. The page emphasizes the remarkable historical contributions of Moroccan Jews to modern Israel, noting they built the first self-made neighborhood outside Jerusalem's walls (Mahane Israel) in 1867 and established the first modern neighborhoods in Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Tiberias. The article also documents the unique linguistic diversity of this community, including Hebrew, Judeo-Moroccan Arabic, Haketia, and Judeo-Berber languages. Notably, the page highlights the continued positive relationship between Moroccan Jews worldwide and the Kingdom of Morocco, exemplified by annual invitations to rabbis for the Throne Celebration in Rabat, demonstrating an unusual level of ongoing cultural and diplomatic connection between a diaspora community and their country of origin.

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Moroccan Jews - Wikipedia. (2025, 11 23). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moroccan_Jews

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