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The last Jew of Essaouira and the exodus that changed Morocco

The last Jew of Essaouira and the exodus that changed Morocco

RN BY JOEY WATSON AND CLAUDIA TARANTO FOR EARSHOT

In an antique shop in the seaside Moroccan town of Essaouira sits Joseph Sebag, a charming old man with a shy smile.

He is all that remains of the city's once thriving Jewish community. But he remembers what it was like before the exodus.

"There was no Jew that didn't have a Muslim friend, and there was no Muslim that didn't have a Jewish friend," Mr Sebag says.

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