August 2008 – Research Mission to Southern Morocco
A research team canvassed southern Morocco locating unusual Jewish sites on the edge of the Sahara Desert.
Sites surveyed include a legendary 2,000 year Berber Jewish synagogue, the former home of the prominent mystical rabbi known as the Baba Sali, and the tomb of a rabbi guarded by a solitary Jewish “monk” in the Atlas mountains, south of Marrakesh.
The team also conducted interviews with local Muslim caretakers who look after many of the sites. See photos from the expedition below:
Ifrane d’Anti-Atlas (Oufrane) Synagogue
Ifrane d’Anti-Atlas (Oufrane) Cemetery
Tomb of Rabbi Shlomo Ben Lhans
