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Hello all, I am looking for any information about my grandfather Abraham Abecassis (born in Morocco, died in Israel around 1980) and grandmother Mazal (Cohen) Abecassis (born in Spain died in Israel around 1992). They had 3 sons and 1 daughter. This is a photo of them when they were young. (I know to look for info on the search engines listed but I am also hoping someone may know them personally....

**Noms Juifs d'Afrique du Nord**Vos parents ou grands-parents sont nés au Maroc, en Algérie ou en Tunisie? peut-être en Espagne, en Egypte ou en Libye?Votre nom de famille m'intéresse!Je m'appelle Yohanan (Yan) Ouaknine, Chercheur en Sciences de l'information et j'étudie les noms juifs d'Afrique du nord à l'époque des réseaux sociaux.Merci de répondre aux six questions suivantes. Cela ne vous pren...

Hello everyone, below is a picture of my great great grandfather Abraham Toledano. He was born in Tangier, but I recently found out he passed away and is buried in Lisbon, Portugal, as well as his wife Miriam Toledano. They passed away around the late 1920s or 1930s. I was wondering if there are any documents I can find from Lisbon (census record, death certificate, or burial record).Thanks I’m ad...

Cliquez ☝️pour le françaisHello to all,First of all, welcome to those who have joined us this past week: Dorith Lévy, Linda Serero, Lucien Elmosnino, Serge Levy, Estelle Belhassen, Miguel Emmanuel Nisembaum, Matatia Moyal, Ariel Carciente and Helene Levy Helene Lévy Haddad!A big thank you to Babette E. Bensoussan and Mary Anne Ettedgui Maudy for inviting them. Keep inviting your friends and famil...

Vidéo envoyée par Harry Elkeslassy retraçant la vie quotidienne des juifs dans des villages reculés du Sud du Maroc et leur aliyah en Israel. Merci d'avoir partagé Harry 🙂 !

On vint leur annoncer la naissance de l'Etat d'Israel. Cela faisait 2000 ans qu'ils priaient tous les jours leur retour a la terre promise. A Tish' a be av, ils ne se lavaient pas, jeunaient toute une journée, s'assayaient parterre durant 8 jours, priaient en lisant les textes du prophète Micha, se lamentaient la destruction du Bet Hamikdach, et suppliaient Hachem, créateur du ciel et de la...

Bonjour jai 2 photo de ma grand mere jeune et je voudrai savoir si vous pourriez approximativement me donner l age ou l annee pour me situer . Ma grand mere est née le 29 janvier 1933 à Rabat et a quitter le Maroc avec mon grand pere et 3 de ses premières filles en 1957 pour Lyon avant de s installer définitivement à Toulouse ou ma mère est née en décembre 1958. Mes grand parents se sont mariés à ...

Bonsoir malheureusement je n avance pas dans mes recherches cote maternel malgré quelques mail envoyer y compris à des gens qui ont leur arbre sur geni ... dommage .....

After working on this project off and on for the last 5 years, my book has finally been published. It was originally written as a memoir for my family, however many friends asked to read it so it is now available through Amazon. If you decide to read it, I would greatly appreciate it if you would post some good feedback on the Amazon page.[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084TS4RVF](https://www....

Cliquer �pour le françaisHello to all,Welcome to the new comers: Albert Derhy, גילברט אברהם רימוך, Haim Victor Abitbol, David Bouhadana, Audrey Botbol, Ohayon Jacques, Raphael Benarrosh, Ilan El, Benshoshan Madeleine, Bernard Obadia and Esther Nahmias!A big thank you to Sylvia Ouaknine Lombard, Maurice Ohayon, Annabelle Yaëlle Cousin, Mireille Bensaude and Gad Obadia for inviting them.The main ob...

Cliquez ☝️pour le françaisHello allWelcome to those who joined us this week Corinne Cohen, Sylvia Ouaknine Lombard, Daniele Moyal-Sharrock, David Tab, Jacques Cohen, Anna Nataf, Therese Ohayon, Pascale Athuil, Nina Chats, Annabelle Yaelle Annabelle Yaëlle Cousin and Gad Obadia.A big thank to Annabelle Yaëlle Cousin, Arielle Sebah Lasry and Sylvia Ouaknine Lombard for inviting them to join us.If I ...

Je recherche les racines de ma famille de Fès Benhamroun-Zbili

Bonjour, Est-ce que quelqu'un aurait une copie du plan detallé du Mellah de Marrakech avec ? Merci.

DNA TESTMany of you have already performed a family dna test. What are they? How are they done? What information do they bring? How to use them?What are they? There are actually several dna tests. The more common test is to analyze markers (and not all dna) of dna included in the parents-transmitted chromosomes, half being transmitted by our mother and the other half by our father. This has its i...

Cliquez ☝️ pour le françaisHello to all,Welcome to Annie Journo, who joined us this week. The pace of membership is slowing down, probably because the best ones are already members. Keep inviting your Moroccan Jewish family and friends!You have been many to register on https://www.geni.com/ and create your tree. Many connections between trees have been established and today the universal tree of M...

bonsoir, lundi je vais 15J chez ma mere sur toulouse et je sais que nous avons un document precieux ecrit en hebreu ( je suppose une Ketouba) mais je ne sais pas la lire ni la traduire est ce que une personne aurait la gentillesse de m aider pour me la traduire a partir d un scan par mail ? cela fait un moment que je le dis mais je ne savais pas vers qui me tourner pour cette demarche ... en plus...

Bonjour Rare que je publie et encore moins des photo amis je voudrai partager avec vous une photo qui me tient à cœur. Celle de mon grand pere maternel LUCIEN AZEROUAL avec mon arriere grand pere, son beau-père : JOSEPH LEVY a Rabat à la synagogue. Je ne sais pas de quand date cette photo mais je pense avant 1957 date ou mes grands parents sont arrivé en France. A l origine sur cette photo il y a...

Hello,I am looking for descendants of the Semana family. Please contact me by private message.

Thought you might like to know.

Cliquez � pour le françaisHello to all and welcome to all those who joined us this week מוריס לסרי , Billy Ohayon, Isaac Raphael Abihsira, Jacques Ouanich, מרלן אורפז Fanny Abitbol, The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, Georges Sebat, Evelyne Bohbot-Ohayon, Silvia Oussadon Chamszadeh, Alisa Mergui Erlich, Saad Bouzoubaa, Noelle Wanonou !The goal of this group is to preserve o...

Hello to all,I remind you that in the rules of the group, it is mentionned that only posts containing photos, video links and other documents related to the genealogy of Moroccan Jews, in connection with our history (class photos for example) in Morocco or whose subject is the search for families are allowed. All other posts will be deleted.The goal is not to limit or frustrate members of this gro...

Pour le Français, cliquez �Hello to all,Welcome to רבקה דונרשטיין, Joseph Alloul Marc Las, Renee Michele Payne and Armand Abisror who joined us this week.Thanks to the connections between the families already present on Geni and to the profiles YOU add, the family tree of Moroccan Jews will grow with many branches connected with each other. Today it reaches several tens of thousands of people. It'...

Good evening to all,Anyone here could translate a document from Arabic to French (or English) or recommend a translator?This document is about fifty pages. It is a contemporary document reporting names of Moroccan Jews and facts dating back to end of 19th century. Please contact me by messenger.

I have a problem I could use some help with. In a book entitled Pierres Tombales de Marrakech? There is a Ketouba if my great grandfather Jacob (current spelling) Benhaim from 1840. I had seen the same one on a site in Israel, I believe the National Library . The problem is the name of the bride is different than the name of the wife told to me. I think my mother told me once that he was married t...

Pour le français cliquer ☝️Hello, If you are interested in the genealogy of Moroccan Jews and pay attention to the places of birth and death of our ancestors or remember the old stories of families reported by our grandmothers, you'll note that the Jews from Morocco were finally pretty mobile. Within Morocco, changes in place of residence were influenced by local living conditions, the needs of th...