Moroccan Jewish Communities hail new measures on organization of Jewish Community – The North Africa Post

Moroccan Jewish communities in Morocco and from around the world have welcomed the “relevance and foresight of the proposed measures” for the establishment of a new organization of Jewish communities capable of ensuring effective and harmonious management of communities throughout the national territory.

In a statement, the Council of Jewish Communities in Morocco said that “it is with deep gratitude and immense pride that all Moroccan Jewish communities in Morocco and around the world have taken note of the statement of the spokesman of the Royal Palace” made public at the end of the Council of Ministers held Wednesday under the presidency of King Mohammed VI.

This legal mechanism offers members of “our diaspora a framework that will allow them to further strengthen ties with the Kingdom and get involved with fervor for the defense of national causes,” the Council said.

The statement said that the Commander of all Faithful will oversee the implementation of this set of measures to protect the sacred values and promote the tangible and intangible cultural heritages of the Hebrew tributary of rich Moroccan Civilization.

it added that all these measures, which were taken after consultations with qualified representatives of the Jewish community, “respond to the wishes of Moroccan Jews, here and elsewhere, to regain their place within the nation in order to contribute to the building of a united and peaceful, dynamic and prosperous Morocco, in its legitimate ancestral borders”.

Moroccan Jews expressed their gratitude to King Mohammed VI for “this new mark of his benevolent solicitude which fulfills their aspirations by strengthening the ties of unfailing allegiance that have united them for centuries to the Alaouite Throne”.

During the Council of Ministers, Minister of Interior Abdelouafi Laftit made a presentation on the Moroccan Jewish Community that covered a set of measures seeking to implement King Mohammed VI’s instructions on the “organization of the Moroccan Jewish community.”

These measures are based upon the supreme responsibility and authority of the King as Commander in the Faithful and guarantor the free exercise of worship by all Moroccans, any religious confessions included. They also come to enshrine Hebrew tributary, according to the Royal Palace spokesperson.

Abdelouafi Laftit, the minister, spoke about the National Council of the Moroccan Jewish Community. It oversees the management of community affairs, as well as the protection of the heritage and the religious and cultural influence of Judaism. Regional committees of the Council will be responsible for managing the day-to-day issues and affairs of the community’s members, the minister said.

The presentation also covered the Commission of Moroccan Jews Living abroad, which works with Moroccan Jews to strengthen their cultural influence and defend the Kingdom’s supreme interests.

The Minister also spoke about the Foundation of Moroccan Judaism. This foundation has the mission to promote and protect the intangible heritage of the Jewish-Moroccan people and to preserve its particularities.