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The Jews of Morocco

• Susana Weich-Shahak (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): ‘Arrelumbre tu mazale!’ (Let Your Good Fortune Shine): Music and Poetry in the Life of Moroccan Sephardim, and Vanessa Paloma (Hadassah Brandeis Institute and Casablanca): Intertwined Identities: Arabic, Spanish and Hebrew as Intrinsic Elements in the Language and Music of Morocco’s Northern Jews
• Jacky Kadoch (Jewish Community of Marrakech): The Past, Present and Future of the Jewish Community of Marrakech
•  Paul Fenton (Université Paris - Sorbonne): A Document by Muhammad to the Jews of Khaybar: An Abortive Attempt to Alleviate the Burden of the ‘Jizya’
• Sonia Fellous (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Paris IV Sorbonne): Two Thousand Years of Jewish Life in Morocco: A Visual Journey. Sonia Fellous was unable to attend as she has been injured in a fire.  There was a  presentation based on her lecture