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Culture Why is this Haggadah different from all others? Hitler.
This particular Haggadah, different from all others, was bound to raise eyebrows — if not create a furor. We don’t know much about its origins, but here’s what we do: It was written by a Jew in Rabat, Morocco, sometime after the start of Operation Torch, the 1942 Allied invasion that spelled victory against the…
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Food Hot Moroccan harira soup beats cold fish for Yom Kippur break fast
Among the many beloved traditions the pandemic has derailed is one that is only a year old: making and serving a Yom Kippur break-the-fast soup to 300 very hungry people. The soup is Morrocan harira, the traditional dish Sephardic Jews, especially those from North Africa, eat at the end of the Yom Kippur fast. Harira…
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Food Danielle Renov’s new cookbook celebrates Sephardic and Askenazic food—just not raisins
There are 86 things Jerusalem-based, Long Island-born food blogger Danielle Renov wants you to know about her new kosher cookbook, “Peas Love & Carrots” — and about cooking in general. She lists them across two pages right up front, and like the book itself the list is highly practical and deeply personal — a combination…
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News Moroccan Jewish community hit hard by coronavirus deaths
The COVID-19 pandemic has ripped through Morocco’s close-knit Jewish community, claiming at least 14 lives. Though less than 1 percent of Morocco’s total population, Jews represent more than 10 percent of the country’s total coronavirus deaths. “It’s a huge number when it comes to a community of 2,000 people,” said community member Abdou Ladino. Community…
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Food It’s Mimouna. You can’t have a party, but you can still make mufletas.
If you think seder is tough on Zoom, try mimouna, the Moroccan festival that marks Passover’s end. In normal times, Moroccan Jews throw open their doors and host friends and neighbors with tables full of sweets: candied fruits and vegetables, pastries drenched in syrups, all varieties of cookies and cakes. It’s too many people and…
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Food The Easiest Way To Use Up Your Leftover Matzo — Moroccan-Style
On the first day of Passover, matzo is a novelty. Exotic, even. By day four, most have already exhausted their repertoires of matzo plus fill-in-the-blank spread. And by day eight, we can’t wait to get rid of the stuff. From Poland to Argentina, this is a universal experience. Which is why Jews around the globe…
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Fast Forward Jewish Couple Murdered, Their Bodies Mutilated in Morocco
– Two Moroccan Jews were killed in Casablanca in what police said was a crime motivated by greed, but which some media said may have had a racist element. The victims of the killing on July 3 were Sam Toledano and Vicky Chetrit, a couple based in the coastal city, the online edition of Le360 daily…
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