On a sad evening last Friday, one of the boldest Jewish voices supporting the Palestinian cause and confronting Israel passed ...

Jewish Moroccan activist and BDS Morocco founder Sion Assidon died Friday at 77 after months in a coma following a fall, though the movement claims he was attacked for his anti-Zionist activism.

Moroccan-Jewish human rights defender and outspoken anti-normalization activist Sion Assidon has died at the age of 77 ...

Morocco’s Ministry of Youth, Culture, and Communication has announced plans to restore the historic site of Dar Moulay Hachem in Demnate, transforming it into a center dedicated to promoting Jewish ...

At the request of Morocco’s king, prayers for rain were held at synagogues across the kingdom. The prayers were recited on Jan. 11, one day after countless Muslims said similar prayers in mosques at ...

For rights activist Sion Assidon, a Moroccan of Jewish descent who also describes himself as Berber and Arab, Zionism breeds anti-Semitism in today's Arab world but aversion to Israel's policies is ...

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In the old Jewish quarter of Morocco's coastal city of Essaouira, a newly-opened "House of Memory" has been dedicated to the historic coexistence of its Jewish and Muslim communities. Andre Azoulay, ...

For Morocco’s Jews, the festival of Purim, beginning March 13, has contemporary resonance, illustrating the tenuous existence of diaspora Jewish communities throughout history and the world. Last year ...

Simone Bitton, a Paris-based, French-Moroccan director whose work has primarily concentrated on the history and cultures of North Africa and the Middle East, makes her debut in the Masters section at ...

Contemporary Jewry, Vol. 40, No. 4, SPECIAL ISSUE: JEWISH (IN)VISIBILITY IN IBERIA: A VIEW FORM THE MARGINS (December 2020), pp. 547-578 (32 pages) This paper presents an ethnographic study of ...