Moise Nahon Synagogue (Tangier, Morocco): Tours & Tickets
- Africa
- Morocco
- Tangier-Tetouan Region
- Tangier
- Things to do in Tangier
- Moise Nahon Synagogue
well, our family loved visiting the Moshe Nahon Tangier's Synagogue located on a dead end street in the Beni Idir Medina Quarter, according to our guide, it was constructed in the 19th century by Moïse Nahon, a prominent scholar from a Jewish family in Tangier. The synagogue…
There was over 320,000 Jews living in Morocco prior to the declaration of a Jewish State in 1949. Now there are about 11,000 Jews left of the once thriving Jewish community. Even though there are just a few dozen left; this old synagogue in the Medina has been carefully…
Nicely reserved synagogue, with a small exhibition of Jewish relics and bridal clothes. for us, Israelis, it was very touching and exciting to visit this synagogue.
I literally gasped when I entered this beautiful, light-filled spac. Completely unexpected. Fantastic visit, not least for the photographs of former community members and religious documents on the walls. Strangely, our guide in Tangier did not acknowledge (possibly did not…
Morocco is a very inclusive country and very accepting . The history of Jews working and living alongside Muslims is fascinating and a lesson to be learned in this 21st Century ! Impressive architecture and contents- silver/ metal chadeliers are a work of art.
