The Moroccan Government today canceled a new regulation that would have taken from the Jewish community 90 percent of the kosher meat-tax income needed for Jewish welfare needs here.
The cancelation was announced after a number of leading Jewish personalities had intervened with the Government on this issue. The Casablanca Jewish community derives annually about 50, 000, 000 francs from the meat-tax, and this money has been the main source of the community’s welfare funds. Under the proposed regulation, 45, 000,000 francs would have gone to the Moslem community.
Meanwhile, L’Avant Garde and other Moroccan left-wing newspapers have launched a press campaign here urging the Government to nationalize the remaining schools operated by the Alliance Israelite Universelle. The Moroccan Government had already nationalized into the Moroccan general education system 40 percent of the schools while the remainder were reorganized under an Alliance organization headed by Moroccan Jews in compliance with a Government decision barring foreign organizations from Jewish affairs.
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