With over 2000 years of history in Morocco, the Jewish people became an integral part of the country. Since the foundation of Israel the population of Jews has dropped from nearly 300 000 to only 3000 today. The remaining historic and religious sites, synagogues and cemeteries are protected through the Jewish community, but the guardians are almost all Muslims, a duty often passed down trough families. Some of these guardian were handed the keys to these sacred sited by their neighbours, the last Jews to leave the towns, and were cared for for decades without a single visitor. These are some of those guardians. (note: image # 7 the last Berber Jew in the Ourika valley)

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