David Messas

David Messas

male, 75 years old
Rabbi David Messas(b. 15 July 1934, Meknes) is the son of Chalom Messas. He married Dolly Berdugo. He ran the Ecole Yavne in Paris. He has been the...
David Hassine

David Hassine

male, deceased (1792)
Rabbi David Hassine is one of the best known figures of Jewish liturgic poetry in Morocco and his "piyyutim" were spread around the sefardic world....
Aryeh Deri

Aryeh Deri

male, 50 years old
Aryeh Deri (b. February 17, 1959 in Meknes, Morocco) is the former leader of Israel's Shas Party. He was replaced by Eli Yishai after Deri was...

Touria Oulehri

female
Touria Oulehri is a Moroccan author. Oulehri is a teacher at the École Normale Supérieure in Meknès. She has published articles on the subject of...
Salomon Berdugo

Salomon Berdugo

male
Grand Rabbi Salomon Berdugo (1854 - 1906), the son of Daniel Berdugo, lived in Meknes, Morocco]. He was a halakhic authority, poet and rabbi in...
Ismail Ibn Sharif

Ismail Ibn Sharif

male, deceased (1727)
Mulai Ismail Ibn Sharif the Bloodthirsty was the second ruler of the Moroccan Alaouite dynasty. Like others of the dynasty, Ismail claimed to be a...
Yusef Of Morocco

Yusef Of Morocco

male, deceased (1927)
Sultan Yusef ben Hassan ruled the French Protectorate of Morocco from 1912 until his death in 1927. Born in the city of Meknes to Sultan Hassan I,...

Driss Abouabdillah

male, 61 years old
Driss Abouabdillah is a Moroccan mathematician born in Meknès on April 1, 1948. He is a former teacher of mathematics at the ENS (higher teacher t...

Joshua Berdugo

male, deceased (1953)
Joshua ben Jacob Berdugo (1878 1953) was rabbi of the Raphael Berdugo Synagogue. He was born in Meknes and went on to have seven children. Joshua...

Chaim Ibn Attar

male, deceased (1743)
Chaim ben Moses ibn Attar was a Talmudist and kabbalist; born at Mequenez, Morocco, in 1696; died in Jerusalem July 31, 1743. He was one of the...