ASF Weekly – Moroccan King Inaugurates Synagogue, Mexican Converso Diary, Egypt’s Crumbling Synagogues, and Moroccan Ma’oz Tzur

23 December 2016
In memory of Jacques Roumani, A”H, a Libyan-Jewish scholar of the Middle East

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“King Mohammed VI Attends Synagogue Inauguration, Shows Commitment to Moroccan Jewish Community”
By Ghita Benslimane, Morocco World News

“Lost diary of tortured Mexican ‘converso’ features in early-American Jewish exhibit”
By Penny Schwartz, The Times of Israel

Feature of the Week: A Moroccan Ma’oz Tzur

“Will Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry restore dilapidated synagogues?”
By Khalid Hassan, Al-Monitor

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