Top Moroccan governmental officials attended a ceremony commemorating the restoration of an 18th-century synagogue in Fez. The restoration, part of UNESCO’s effort to preserve the cultural legacy of Fez’s Old City, comes as Morocco’s Jewish population has dwindled from roughly 250,000 in 1948 to approximately 5,000 today.
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