Moroccan Makeover
A book of rabbinic ordinances composed by exiled Castilians in Fez highlights the resilience of a
community in flux, carefully adapting to new needs in a new land // Gabriel Abensour
In Search of a Lost Poetess
A Moroccan female scholar, a poem incorporated into Sephardic liturgy as well as that of the Reform movement, and the preservation of a synagogue in Tunis all combine in the unsolved riddle of Friha the poetess // Yosef Chetrit
Moroccans in Zion
Born in Rabat, raised in Jaffa, fluent in French, and a practicing mohel and shohet, Avraham Muyal was an unlikely choice to oversee the ventures of early European Zionists in the land of Israel. Yet in his short life, he transformed the first colonies, vastly increasing their prospects // Mordecai Naor
Casablanca – City of Refuge
Though itself plagued by anti-Jewish laws and other forms of discrimination, Casablanca’s Jewish community opened its doors to European refugees from Hitler and helped smuggle many to a new life in the Americas // Yigal Bin-Nun
From the Archives
A penniless orphan’s devotion to Torah study wins him a bride in Fez, delivers him from shipwreck, and blesses him with a new life in Germany // Yochai Ben-Ghedalia
Columns
Snapshots
This Month in History Kislev/Tevet
A Brief History of Moroccan Jewry
Portrait of a People Delacroix
Looks at Books
Tale of a Trail Khirbet Bak
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