ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
Morocco to become first Arab nation to teach Jewish history, culture in schools
by Dan Lavie and ILH Staff
December 13, 2020
Trailblazing change, Morocco on Sunday announced that its schools will soon begin teaching Jewish history and culture as part of the official curriculum – a first in the region and in the North African country, where Islam is the state religion. The decision follows King Mohammed VI of Morocco’s decision to normalize relations with the Jewish state in yet another historic peace deal brokered by US President Donald Trump’s administration and announced last week…The decision on the curriculum was reportedly made discretely even before Rabat and Jerusalem formerly normalized relations. According to AFP, the decision was made as part of an ongoing revamp of the educational curriculum in Morocco, which began in 2014. READ MORE
