Jews and Arabs in Morocco
Marcel Bénabou
1964
Among the Jews of Europe, acute feelings of difference always fade with the passage of time. The school, the army, and politics have a unifying force; integration comes about through cultural channels. In Morocco, this simple pattern does not apply; distinctive identities seem to have become fixed. The desire for unification, if it exists, has not…
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