The Temple Beth-El (; ) also called Beit-El or the Algerian Temple, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue in the Sidi Belyout district of Casablanca, Morocco.
Overview
While Casablanca has more than 30 synagogues, Beth-El is often considered the center piece of a once vibrant Jewish community. Its Marc Chagall-inspired stained glass windows and other artistic elements, attract tourists to the synagogue.
History It was established in 1949 by Algerian Jewish immigrants.Elbaz, Vanessa Paloma. “Kol B’Isha Erva: The Silencing of Jewish Women’s Oral Traditions in Morocco.” Chapter. In Women and Social Change in North Africa: What Counts as Revolutionary?, edited by Doris H. Gray and Nadia Sonneveld, 263–88. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. Maurice Bengio led a mixed-gender choir that sang during weddings and certain holidays in the 1960s and 1970s, but it was cancelled after Eastern European rabbinic emissaries from a Hasidic community in Brooklyn pressured the leadership of the synagogue.
The temple was completely refurbished in 1997.
See also
History of the Jews in Morocco List of synagogues in Morocco Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, the Chief Rabbi of Morocco
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