Jews and Arabs in Morocco
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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