The Mellah (Jewish quarter)in The Medina of Asilah Morocco

Moroccan Jews constitute an ancient community, immigrating to the region as early as 70 CE. Emily Gottreich contends that Jewish migration to Morocco predated the full formation of Judaism, as the Talmud was "written and redacted between 200 and 500 CE."In accordance with the norms of the Islamic legal system, Jewish Moroccans had separate legal courts pertaining to "personal law" under which communities (Muslim sharia, Christian Canon law and Jewish halakha law-abiding) were allowed to rule themselves under their own system.
Particularly after the Alhambra Decree, many Sephardi Jews migrated from al-Andalus to the Maghreb as refugees fleeing the inquisition in Spain and Portugal.They are referred to as the Megorashim,while the Jews already in Morocco are referred to as the Toshavim.Many Iberian Jews settled in Fes and Marrakesh.In the following centuries, Conversos who had been banished to Iberian colonial possessions in the Americas and the Atlantic reclaimed their Judaism and also resettled in Morocco.
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For someone who has a jewish background but doesnt identify as one, It is very disappointing to compare the Mellah to the Jewish Ghetto. Many Mellah had both Jewish and Muslims living together. Some Mellah were built near the king's palace to signify they were protected( especially the ones that came over after the Spanish reconquista) When most Jewish family left for Israel many of them gave their keys to Muslims neighbors so they can live there, had they been ghettos they wouldn't give their keys to Muslims. There are a few Moroccan documentaries covering this. A ghetto in Morocco is never in the city center. Thank you

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Thank you for the clarification. I did point out that unlike the ghettos of Europe, the Mellahs were not walled in . Jews were well segregated to live in the designated area. In Ww2 Jews who by then some had managed to leave the Mellah, were forced by the Vichy French regime back into they’re designated Mellahs as part of the discriminatory laws enacted under Nazi influence.
But it definitely has to be clarified that the ghetto doesn’t come close to the Mellah in terms of discrimination. In Europe in Frankfurt for example the jews were locked in for Sunday and Christian holidays. There was a curfew every evening etc.

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the Arabs call them Yehudini the Jemenit came from Judah today Saudi Arabia

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the Jiddische Adele came from Switzerland like the Armischen in Istanbul the Arman people