Yom Kipur

Baccalaureate at Yom Kipur

Ben Azaraf Archive, Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem. Box 3, file 20, documents 80-82. 
First document: letter dated 31.8.1944, Casablanca, written by Alfonso Sabah, Director of the Jewish Association Charles Netter in Casablanca to Rafael Ben-Azaraf, Director of "La Voix Juive" in Morocco. In his letter, Sabah proposes to the Jews of Morocco to unite with the Jews of Tunis against the decision of the French Education Ministry to date baccalaureate exam on Yom Kipur, as noted in the telegram joined (second document). 

Jews of Tetouan in Morocco

Ben Azaraf Archive, Yad Ben-Zvi, Jerusalem. Box 36.
Historical overview of the Jews of Tetouan' in Spanish (22 pages) by Leon  Coriat untitled "Mi Communidad" (1954). The review starts from the expulsion (from Spain in 1492 until the early 20th century and describes the Jewish community life in the city (traditions, rabbis, relations with the Muslims).

Video testimony by David Arviv

Born in
Tripoli,
David tells about his family backgrounds
 his father and uncle founded the Macabi club   in Benghazi.
Jewish life, holydays and food (around mint 30- sings part of "Yom Kipur" prier)
complicated relations between Arabs and Jews
Italians relations with Jews during the war
German occupation
Pogroms of 1945 and 1948
Making Aliyah
military service in the Israeli Air  Force
Yad Vashem VT-10906

Hanging of posters against the Jews by the extreme rightwing politicians in Oran

Aix-en-Provence Archives, Document 9H49, pp. 0027-0028 , Ben-Zvi Institute.

Oran (Algeria), 16.09.1937: Report from the Head of Regional Security of Oran (Prevost) to the Prefect of Oran.
Incitement against the Jews in Oran by the city's Mayor, who is also Head of the National Popular Rally (extreme right) in Oran. 
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Meeting of members of the movement "Le Club Civique" in Oran - June 1938

Aix-en-Provence Archives, Document 9H49, pp. 0030-0031 , Ben-Zvi Institute.

Oran (Algeria), 10.06.1938: Report from the Special Police Chief to the Prefect of Oran.
Gathering of the Jewish movement "Le Club Civique" in Oran to discuss the rise of antisemitism in the 1930s. 
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