Jewish presence in Moroccan culture now appears in the primary-level social education curriculum, in a section dedicated to Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah, known as Mohammed III.

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He was sent by Rabbi Schneerson to Morocco in 1959, to support the very first international Chabad house, established in 1950 when the Moroccan Jewish community still numbered more than 100,000.

Jewish history and culture in Morocco will soon be part of the school curriculum -- a "first" in the region and in the North African country, where Islam is the state religion.

Moroccan schools will for the first time in a North African country, shortly add Jewish history and culture to its schools' curriculum, in a region where Islam is the predominant state religion.

Rabat: Jewish history and culture in Morocco will soon be part of the school curriculum - a "first" in the region and in the North African country, where Islam is the state religion.