The number of Jews in French Morocco up to the end of May, 1931, in accordance with figures published in the “Official Gazette”, was 107,613. This includes, however, only the native-born Jews, not foreign citizens or European Jews, whose number is estimated to be between 5,000 and 6,000. In addition, the international zone in Tangier and Spanish Morocco, which are not included in these figures, have also a Jewish population of nearly 20,000.
The total number of Jews in Morocco is therefore estimated to be actually about 150,000. The most important Jewish centers in Morocco are Casablanca, with a Jewish population of 19,960, Fes with 11,307, Meknes with 7,745, Mogador with 5,648, and Rabat with 4,218. During the last years considerable progress has been made in Jewish education in Morocco, chiefly through the efforts of the Alliance Israelite Universelle, which provides schools in Casablanca alone for about 3,500 Jewish children.
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