co
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. .. ., Moroccan Jew
Analyzed by JTA Paris Correspondent
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By EDWIN EYTAN -

Moroccan Jews claim, however, prohibited) World Jewish Con- that the reason must be looked
A majority of Morocco's 200r
that
t
he Chief
Rabbi,, Saul Aben- gress Moroccan section. During for elsewhere. Six years after in- 000 Jews will then be forced to
PARIS—Myriam Hamou was a dana, has side-stepped the issue the French protectorate he was dependence the country still suf-flee,
leaving behind their prop-
I
.-0 16-year-old pretty and vivacious refusing to adopt the energetic one of the few Jews active in fers from a complete lack of . erty and homes. Moroccan Jews
74 girl. Her ambition was to study line which might have secured the country's struggle for inde- officials at the lower echelons as hope that • the organizations,
i. 1 .4 practical psychology and become the girl's liberation.
pendence. He has since served well as a total absence of Moslem which today protest against the
Saul Abendana is one of the as commercial counsellor at the secretaries and clerks. Few are restrictions barring their exit,
1 a social worker in one of Moroc-
rn co's mellahs. It is now over a- 33 government appointed daya- Moroccan Embassy in Washing- the Moslem wornen prepared to will be ready to receive and
year since her parents haye seen mm, paid and controlled by the ton and was a vice-president of work in an office, and govern= grant them the necessities to
C*4 her or heard of her whereabouts. Justice Ministry. There is today his -city's municipal council.
ment offices as well as the busi- build for themselves a new life,.
For Myriam was one day kid- not a single communal rabbi, Jews have taken an active part ness centers in Casablanca and
to
and elected by his com- in the last municipal elections, Tangiers are staffed exclusively
zn nailed by a wealthy Moslem paid
munity, in the country,
although far below the number by Jewish women. Practically all
while on her way to school.
GRACE YOUR
Her fate is similar to that of a
The dayanim have jurisdiction which their importance in the the country's doctors are either
W
t-b score of other young Jewish on matters _of personal status, country would entitle them to. Algerian refugees, who will re-
FESTIVE TABLE
6-1 girls: they were abducted by marriage, divorce, legacy, and Jewish candidates have been turn to their own homes after
With Israeli Imported
SI prominent Moslems and taken to they are all government officials listed on both the Istiqlal and the Algeria obtains its independ-
hide-outs from which their par- paid by the State. The govern- UNFP ticket. Many Moslems ence, or Jews. In some
r ation,
W.ents are barred. Should the police ment would like these state of- were not above soliciting Jewish vital fields sues
a
or
•ost
leadership votes: in one Casablanca ward, bankin
IAundertake an investigation — a ficials to take over
and
ost _
the techni
s
most unlikely occurrence — they of the community. It is worth- a Moslem candidate distributed uffic
will be told that the girl has ap- while noting however that even leaflets half in French and half a clerks are Jews.
. .
peared before a Kadi (local Mos- the official establishment of 55 in Hebrew-lettered Judeo-Arabic.
The emigration of the majority
.. lem judge) and de
she dayanim is not complete: the Unfortunately, no Jewish can
of the country's Jews would
wanted to e• .f:
Islam a ' number of active judges is now date dared follow suit.
plunge th entire stat- into chaos
Available in a vari-
-marry h
doctor, who is
wn to 33 and since Morocco's
The -three political fore
in and brin to
e na-
ety of flavors ..
usually
eady married to sev- i pendence not a single new the country, the Monarch the tion's ec
istrat-
made and bottled
eral
•r women.
da
has been nominated.
Istiqlal, and the UNFP, a rely, ive life.
in Israel, and sent
_ oslem law a nubile girl
at the Jews would like is to to some extent, on Jewi • sup -
Dun
t
ast two years
'
directly to Detroit
onsidered
to have at fined her h a a Chief Rabbi elected and port, and none of them is sical- ever, - t e government
sent
from Israel's oldest
ajority and hence is • alified top,
antagonistic to the Jews such. increasingly large•ers of
p
by the "Conseil des Corn-
vineyards.
dopt Islam. The
t r urse • autes." The realization of
Yet, in a society where
re- Moslem stude -
foreign uni-
left open
s to
is plan is still, however, far off, ligious and the temporal
m versities.
st foreign-trained
take th
ehie due to the government's attitude one, the Jews are disadvanta:
technicians will grad-
•
Rabbi who c
asked
and the friction between the There is also no hope for their uate in 1963. Under the guidance
the impleme a
of a
t various Jewish communities.
eventual integration. On top of of the UNFP's "Young Turks"
Certified Kosher by
uling of 192 ccording t• 'hick
The community does not lack, this background of latent anti- and the dynamic UMT (Union
Israel's Rabbinate.
e majority r Jewis
is was however, capable personalities. Semitism comes the accusation Marocaine du Travail) more and
ed at 20.
The most outstanding is the Pres- that they have sided with the more women leave their century-
ident of the Port Lyautey corn - French during Morocco's strug- old harems and learn to work
MICHIGAN DISTRIBUTOR
munity, David Arnar, who was gle for independence. The rela- under modern conditions.
tive
advantages,
in
education
and,
recently elected secretary-gen-
In six or seven years from now
fpr
eral of the. Council of Jewish general welfare, which they draw Morocco will be in a position to
Communities and editor of the from Jewish organizations also manage without its Jews. Then,
planned Jewish weekly "La Voix arouses the envy and hatred of observers believe, the govern-
,IVIoslem neighbors.
des Communautes." .
des
ment will not open the country's For Information: TR 1 - 0606
Morocco's affiliation to the gates to Jewish emigration but
The "great old man" remains
Out-of-Town Orders
Members Only
Dr. Leon • Benzaquen, a Casa- Arab League and its increased will, on the pattern set by Iraq,
Promptly Filled
dependence
on
Cairo
have
blanca physician, who was the
push the Jews out.
Covenant
only Jew to serve as a Cabinet brought about the legalization
minister: He is still on the friend- of the persecutions and abuse
•Credit Union
liest of terms with some of the of which they were the victims.
most prominent men in the coun- Due to these difficulti-
try. It is to him that the Jews the Orthodox nature
e
-
turn in the hour of despair. This munity, Jews ha
loo to
id current dividend
humble mellah doctor led the Istael as their
haven for the
• Free Life Insurance
delegation which called on the last ten yea
• Free Loan Protection .
From the time
• Free Disability Ins.
King in connection with the Jew- Israel was
nded until Morocco
ish situation.
19186 James Couzens
-b e c a m Independent
Another Jew active in public mately ,000 Jews left
DI 1-8086 10-4- Daily
7-9 Mon. Eves
affairs is Mayer Toledano, a In th first year o
Casablanca attorney and one-time inde
dence 35,00 1
honorary chairman of the (now grat
I he fall of 1957, • govern-
me clamped down •n emigra-
tio Jews suspected of trying to
• •
lea were arrested and jai
For • ars now several
"inte
ly displace
have
It is our privilege
been s angiers and
Tetouan. These people had sold
to provide our Jewish
their belongings and left for
these ports in the .-hope of even-
customers with
tually embarking on a foreign-
bound boat. Since then they have
been miserably living on the
bounty of the local community.
H I-TEST
Melt-in-your mouth cookies!
There is a general sentiment
Sugared or chocolate-coated.
of asphyxiation among all Jews
Homogenized ilk
whether. or not they want to
Sweet Cre
leave. This is caused by the gov-
ernment's suspicion of all move-
ent. Even for a short business
ip abroad the Jews suffer
rious vexations and, usually,
ave their passport applications
rued 'down. Such innocent Jew-
sh organizations as HIAS and
The Detroit Council of
ORT have either had their local
Our own famous
vise the bottling and dist
offices closed or some of their
egg matzoh
personnel expelled.
Passover Products, a dut they
The authorities have officially
coated
with rich
many years. It will be
st helpf
explained their refusal to permit
chocolate--
let us know NOW what our Passov
requirer
emigration to Israel as "inter-
Arab" solidarity aimed at pre-
will be. Place your or rs immedi ely with
a tempting,
r
venting Israel's indirect. strength-
United Dairies Mil
an, Grocer
or p ne.
delightful
ening. Moroccan officials have
often in the past referred to the
delicacy!
Arab League's rulings in ex-
plaining their action.
Observers believe, however,

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(Copyright, 1961, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.)

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