cnxps.cmd.push(function () { cnxps({ playerId: '36af7c51-0caf-4741-9824-2c941fc6c17b' }).render('4c4d856e0e6f4e3d808bbc1715e132f6'); });NEW YORK – Jewish New Yorkers of Moroccan descent have spent the month celebrating the North African kingdom’s decision to normalize relations with Israel, calling it a long-awaited “dream come true.”“This is a historic breakthrough. He came to New York in 1980 and opened Netivot Israel, the first Moroccan Jewish center in the state.“I’ve gotten so many congratulations from members of the Arab world. It made lighting the candles so much happier,” said Chantal Tobaly, a Moroccan immigrant who lives on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Our tefillot [prayers] are all the same, but I wanted to give legitimacy to the Moroccan Jewish people,” Bouskila said. “And for the first time I’ll be able to take a direct flight from Morocco to Israel.”

Source: The North Africa Journal January 01, 2021 09:22 UTC