ASF Weekly – Yemenite Haggadah, Sephardic Pesaj Coco’s, Tangier & Moroccan Jewish Modernity, Sefrou’s Cultural Crossroads, and Remembering COVID-19 Casualties

3 April 2020

In Memory of legendary Moroccan musician Marcel Botbol, A”H, who succumbed to COVID-19 while visiting Paris. The scion of a famous Judeo-Moroccan family (he is the son of the renowned artist Jacob Botbol and brother of the singer Haïm Botbol), Morocco’s King, Mohammed VI, described Marcel in his condolences as a “‘pioneering and talented’ artist who enriched the Moroccan artistic landscape with his distinguished musical creations inspired by the Moroccan-Jewish legacy,” praised his “sincere patriotism… and his unwavering attachment to the glorious Alawite Throne,” and “prays God to reward the deceased for the services extended to his country.”