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The Beit Yehuda Synagogue, also known as Assayag Synagogue, is a cultural landmark and museum in
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Unlike other Moroccan cities, Tangier had no walled Jewish quarter or mellah. Even so, its synagogues were clustered in a neighborhood on the southwestern side of the
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, known as Beni Idder for the family that initiated its development. The Beit Yehuda Synagogue was founded in 1890 slightly north of Beni Idder on the other side of
rue Es-Siaghine Rue Es-Siaghine (Arabic: زنقة الصياغين, meaning Silversmith's Street, also transliterated as Rue Siaghin or Rue Siaghine) is a street in Tangier, Morocco. Under Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, ...
. It remained in service until the late 1950s. It was then abandoned for about six decades. The former synagogue's revival as a museum was one of the cultural initiatives launched by the Moroccan government in the wake of the Israel–Morocco normalization agreement of December 2020. The renovation was led by architect Malika Laâroussi, and the creation of the museum by museographer Isabelle Timsit. The museum was inaugurated on .


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Haim Benchimol Haim Benchimol (1826 or 1834 - 1906) was a businessman, newspaper publisher, Jewish community leader and philanthropist in Tangier, Morocco. In 1904 he founded the , at the time one of Tangier's main hospital facilities, which remained in activit ...
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History of Moroccan Jews Moroccan Jews constitute an ancient community. Before the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, there were about 250,000 to 350,000 Jews in the country, which gave Morocco the largest Jewish community in the Muslim world, but by 2017 only 2 ...
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List of synagogues in Morocco A partial list of synagogues in Morocco: Agadir * Beth-El Synagogue (Agadir), Beth-El Synagogue Asilah * Kahal Synagogue Azemmour * Rabbi Abraham Moul Niss Synagogue El Jadida * Bensimon Synagogue Casablanca * Benarrosh Synagogue * Em-Habanime ...


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