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The Register of the Jewish Burial Society in Tetuan
Yaakov Bentolila
ḤAKETÍA: DISCOVERING THE OTHER JUDEO-SPANISH VERNACULAR
In Judeo-Spanish and the Making of a Community. Edited by Bryan Kirschen, 113 -131. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Alicia Sisso Raz
Symbols and Ritual Meaning of the Traje de Berberisca
By Dr. Yaëlle Azagury
The Unusual Life of Samuel Pallache
Alicia Sisso Raz Samuel Pallache (or Palache) was born in Fez, Morocco, in about 1550. His name in Dutch documents is spelled as «Palacio» and «Palatio», which indicates that «Pallache» evolved probably from the name…
History of the Moroccan Jewry
Alicia Sisso Raz The Jewish settlement in Morocco can be traced back to the Second Temple period, when merchants arrived with the Phoenicians and settled there. They peacefully coexisted with the Berbers, the original inhabitants…
Haquetía in Gibraltar
by Sam Benady The Rock of Gibraltar was captured by the British in 1704, and almost immediately Moroccan Jews began to settle there (the first Jews to reside openly in the Iberian Peninsula since…
Ḥaketía: The Ladino of Morocco
Alicia Sisso Raz Ḥaketía (also Ḥakitía, Ḥaquetía, Ḥaquitía, or Jaquetía), the Judeo-Spanish vernacular spoken mainly in northern Morocco, it has also been spoken in the past in Oran, Gibraltar and in other regions in Morocco…
The Almoronía, the special dish for Yom Kippur
By Alicia Sisso Raz The version in Ḥaketía Almoronía, the traditional dish of the Moroccan Sephardim for the Se’uda Mafseket of Yom Kippur — the meal before the fasting starts– whose main ingredients are chicken and eggplant, is…