Morocco Pics

 

The Jewish community of Ifran, from the Tamazight word ifri meaning cavern, is supposed to date back to 361 BCE and is believed to be the oldest Jewish community in what is now Morocco.

in Palestine in 1948 was there any significant emigration of Moroccan Jews. Through Cadima and Operation Yachin, about 60,000 and 90,000 Moroccan Jews migrated to Israel, respectively. In 1948, there were about 265,000 Jews in Morocco, with a maximum of between 250,000 and 350,000 at its peak in the 1950s, making the Jewish community in Morocco at that time the largest in the Muslim world. By 2017 only 2,000 or so remained. In 2025 the Jewish Population in Morocco numbered 1,000.  (excerpts taken from Wikipedia)

The Liebermans recently went on a trip to Morocco and took some pictures of Jewish objects.  They have shared them below: