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Closing Block 36 with a synthesis of 2000+ years of Moroccan Jewish history, from Berber-era roots through the Toshavim/Megorashim split, the Almohad persecutions and Maimonides in Fez, the 1492 Sephardic wave, the Mellah quarter system, Mohammed V's WWII protection, Operation Yachin, the Wadi Salib uprising, the Black Panthers, and the ~250K-strong aliyah that reshaped Israel. This is the largest single-ethnic Jewish exodus in modern history. You now hold the historical, geographic, culinary, musical, and political vocabulary to read about, talk with, and live among Moroccan Israelis, a third of Israel's Jewish population.
Cultural note, Moroccan Jewry is not a footnote. It is the largest single-origin community in Israel and has shaped Israeli music, food, politics, and religious life for 70 years. Mimouna is now a national holiday. Couscous on Friday night is normal in Ashdod, Beersheva, and Dimona. Aryeh Deri sits in cabinet. Knowing this story is knowing modern Israel, not optional.
Historical Anchors (Berber → 1492 → Mellah)
WWII to Operation Yachin
Cities, Wadi Salib & Black Panthers
Mimouna, Food & Music
Figures & Modern Reality
Block 36 Reflection: The Long Arc
A short reflection on the arc from Toshavim Berbers to the Abraham Accords, what the Moroccan Jewish story tells us about Jewish endurance, the cost of erasure, and the politics of identity in modern Israel.