Les Juifs de Mazagan (El Jadida)

Established in Mazagan (today El Jadida), a former Portuguese stronghold on the Moroccan Atlantic coast, Jews formed a community of merchants and intermediaries between the interior of the country and the coastline. Organized around their synagogues, its members benefited under the Protectorate from the education of the Alliance israélite universelle. The community participated in the economic life of a developing port city. In the mid-twentieth century, it dispersed largely to Casablanca and Israel.

Sources & resources

• Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World — Brill
• Encyclopaedia Judaica — 2e éd., Keter/Macmillan