22 min
Remembrance of Things Past: Moroccans Talk About the Jews Who Once Lived Among Them Vox Tablet
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- Society & Culture
In the early 20th century, nearly a quarter of a million Jews lived among Muslims in Morocco's towns and villages, making common cause in commerce and culture. Over the course of the past century, nearly all of them have left. Now there are an estimated 4,000 Jews in Morocco. So few that most younger Moroccans have never met one.
Aomar Boum, an anthropologist at the University...
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In the early 20th century, nearly a quarter of a million Jews lived among Muslims in Morocco's towns and villages, making common cause in commerce and culture. Over the course of the past century, nearly all of them have left. Now there are an estimated 4,000 Jews in Morocco. So few that most younger Moroccans have never met one.
Aomar Boum, an anthropologist at the University...
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22 min