Chief Rabbi Saul Danan, president of the High Rabbinical Council of Morocco, has been received by the new King, Hassan II, He was accompanied by a Jewish delegation from Rabat,
After the session, which lasted 15 minutes, Rabbi Danan told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency correspondent, with tears in his eyes, that he would never forget the welcome he received from the King, adding that “like his father, King Hassan loves us greatly.”
A Moroccan Jew today gave a lecture on Islam to an audience which included the Moroccan Minister of National Education and the rector of Rabat University. The lecturer was Maurice Arama, recently named director of the Casablanca Fine Arts School. Virtually all members of the audience were Moslems.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
