Just discovered a searchable newspaper archive, "La Vigie Marocaine," for those who are not aware of this publication. The link below will direct you to the available issues by date. Some issues (not all, especially during the war years) have a section titled "etat civil," where you can find dates regarding births and deaths. As far as I can tell, this was a newspaper directed at "les colons," but while browsing through a number of issues, I did notice a preponderance of Moroccan Jewish names...
THE DRAA VALLEYQUICK FACTS: Geographic features: the Draa river valley and its lush oases of palm groves, bordered by steep escarpments, beyond which lie a rocky wasteland and the sands of the Sahara Languages: Tashelhit, ArabicSettled Areas: Agdz, Zagora (known as Draa until the 20th century) and a string of oasis villages. Jews lived in both Agdz and Zagora as well as in the following villages: Amzrou, Arumiyat, Mansuriya, Mhamid el-Ghozlane, Ouled Ahmed.Qasbat al-Makhzan, Rabat-Tinzulin, T...
I've been trying to locate the graves of family members who died in Israel. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I can't find a single person! I don't know the specific cemeteries, but I do know where they lived-- Dimona, Maalot, Lod, and Peqi'in. I was under the impression that all deaths in Israel are recorded...Also, I can't find any immigration records for my many family members who immigrated from Casablanca to Israel in the early 1960s. Any suggestions?
Three questions:1. Has anyone ever heard the female first name "Etau"? Is it short for Etoile? Wasn't "Etoile" "Nedjma" BF (before French)?2. Is it true that Beloria= ברוריה? Wouldn't that be an unnecessary substitution of L for R in Arabic/Hebrew? Tamazigh? بلور (Belour)= "crystal" in Arabic-- same idea as "Perla," no?3. Anybody else have either name in your family?
Chaque été, nous faisons du stop vers la Côte d'Azur. Nous dormons chez je ne sais qui, nous passons toute la journée à la plage. Ma mère se bronze, et moi, je plonge dans l'eau à côté des rocher pour lui rapporter des oursins, comme un héroïne. La vie est belle!
Et ça c'est moi à l'école à Paris. Suis-je française? Je ne sais pas-- nous n'avons pas de passeports français-- rien qu'un livret qui ressemble un peu à un accordéon. Ma mère est toujours en colère, et je suis misérable.
Je viens de trouver ces vieilles photos. Vraiment, c'est une vie typiquement juif marocaine.
https://www.mahj.org/fr/decouvrir-collections-betsalel/le-vieux-juif-25073:"Ce tableau représente le costume porté par les vieux juifs dans l'Atlas marocain. En effet une mode généralisée chez les ruraux, surtout chez les vieillards, leurs avait fait adopter un foulard décoré de pois blanc. Anciennement, c'était plutôt un mouchoir qui couvrait la "chachiya", le bonnet, et se nouait sous le cou."
Rissani Saint Yaakov Abuhatzeira
Femmes juives de Rissani lavant leur linge, Zédé Schulmann, 1950.
The Province of ErrachidiaThe large and rather unwieldy Draa-Tafilalet region of Morocco consists of five provinces: Midelt, Errachidia, Tinghir, Ouarzazate, and Zagora. I will deal with each separately because they are vastly different from one another in terms of climate, geography, and economic history. These differences are reflected in the unique nature of the Jewish communities that developed there.The province of Errachidia first gained prominence in the year 757 CE with the establishment...
Can't find the place "Tamerzat" on any map. Zédé Schulmann took several photos there. Anyone? 1950.
Ladies from Tinghir
The postcard indicates they are Moroccan, but when I did a Google image search, the caption said they were from Thessaloniki. Anyone?
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Jewish Moroccan artisans and merchants
Taznakht, 1954, Draa Valley
Mahlouf Chettrit, Erfoud, Jean Besancenot
Tafilalet, 1930s
Tangier, 1885
Tétouan, 1885
Tangier, année ?