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    Mus­sia of Morocco
    Ella Verzov and Chana Oirechman
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    Arab Fall: How the Mus­lim Broth­er­hood Won and Lost Egypt in 891 Days
    Eric Trager
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    The Jew­ish Phe­nom­e­non in Sub-Saha­ran Africa
    Mar­la Brettschneider
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    Return to Casablan­ca: Jews, Mus­lims and an Israeli Anthropologist
    André Levy
    Cover of The Burdens of Brotherhood: Jews and Muslims from North Africa to France
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    The Bur­dens of Broth­er­hood: Jews and Mus­lims from North Africa to France
    Ethan B. Katz
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    “If you think Cairo’s any bet­ter, my dear, you’re mistaken.”

    Yitzhak Gormezano Goren
    August 12, 2015
    Interview

    Inter­view: George Lerner

    by Beth KissileffAs a tele­vi­sion pro­duc­er across the globe for CNN, PBS, and oth­er media out­lets, George Lern­er has to keep to thir­ty frames per sec­ond (the…
    Beth Kissileff
    March 31, 2015
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    Saha­ran Jews and the Fate of French Algeria
    Sarah Abre­vaya Stein
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    My Name is Yusha

    Josh Weil, author of the recent­ly pub­lished The Great Glass Sea, is blog­ging here today for Jew­ish Book Coun­cil and MyJew­ish­Learn­ing.Any run-in with…
    Josh Weil
    July 8, 2014
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    Where the Wind Blew: A Boy­hood Lost in Tangier
    Michel Emile Bensadon
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    Jews Under Moroc­can Skies: Two Thou­sand Years of Jew­ish Life
    Raphael David Elmaleh and George Ricketts
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    Jews of Nige­ria: An Afro-Juda­ic Odyssey
    William F.S. Miles
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    Search­ing for Zion: The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora
    Emi­ly Raboteau
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    Grand­ma Elmale­h’s Moroc­can Cookbook
    Lisa Elmaleh Craig
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    Two Thou­sand Years of Jew­ish Life in Morocco
    Haim Zafrani
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    The Black Jews of Africa: His­to­ry, Reli­gion, Identity
    Edith Bruder
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