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Jewish cemetery, Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Morocco

Tombs in the Jewish cemetery in the South West corner of the Mellah or Jewish quarter, established in 1438 when the Jews were driven out of the old town to al-Mallah, Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Northern Morocco. The tombs in separate enclosures are of rabbis, like these with Hebrew inscriptions and Stars of David on the enclosure walls. The oldest tombs date to the 16th century. In the 9th century, Idriss II admitted many Jews to Fes from Andalusia, the Jewish community thrived here until the 11th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Tombs in the Jewish cemetery in the South West corner of the Mellah or Jewish quarter, established in 1438 when the Jews were driven out of the old town to al-Mallah, Fes, Fes-Boulemane, Northern Morocco. The tombs in separate enclosures are of rabbis, like these with Hebrew inscriptions and Stars of David on the enclosure walls. The oldest tombs date to the 16th century. In the 9th century, Idriss II admitted many Jews to Fes from Andalusia, the Jewish community thrived here until the 11th century. Picture by Manuel Cohen