Personal Stories

Moroccan Jews and their descendants share memories of home and the new lives they built in Israel, France, Canada, the United States, and beyond.

Written Narratives

Simy Portal-Stein

I am a Middle-East refugee. I am celebrating my Jubilee year as it is now fifty years since I was smuggled out of Morocco with 500 other Jewishchildren. At that time Jews could not freely leave Morocco. We were second-class citizens even though our families had lived there for centuries. My family came to Morocco over 500 years ago from Spain.

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