The Moroccan Ministry of Public Instruction assumed responsibility for Jewish religious education in a statement today defining its area of jurisdiction. It announced that Talmudic education will come under the aegis of the Ministry following discussions with Chief Rabbi Saul Dahan who will designate a competent rabbi to direct this area of public education. Talmudic education will be administered by the Ministry’s Section for Private Teaching.
The Ministry’s statement also referred to Alliance Israelite Universelle schools in Morocco, reporting that the Minister had received the Moroccan delegate of the Alliance The government grants the Alliance a subsidy because it provides instruction for Jewish children in this country. The statement said that the Minister had praised Alliance educational activity and had promised to “put the question of the education of Jewish youth at the top of his interests.”
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