| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 900,000[a][1][2] 472,800 (born in Morocco or with a Moroccan-born father)[b][3] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Jerusalem, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Netanya, Ashdod, Kiryat Shmona and many other places | |
| Languages | |
| Hebrew (Main language for all generations); Older generation: Moroccan Berber; Judeo-Berber; Moroccan Arabic; Judeo-Moroccan Arabic; Moroccan French; Moroccan Ladino | |
| Religion | |
| Judaism |
Moroccan Jews in Israel are immigrants and descendants of the immigrants of the Moroccan Jewish communities who now reside within the state of Israel. The 2019 Israeli census counts 472,800 Jews born in Morocco or with a Moroccan-born father,[3] although according to the World Federation of Moroccan Jewry, nearly one million Israeli Jews are Moroccan or of Moroccan descent, making them the second-largest community in the country.[4]
274,180 individuals are recorded to have emigrated from Morocco to Israel between the establishment of the state in 1948 and the year 2016.[5]
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- ^ "اليهود المغاربة وازدواجية الولاء". BBC Arabic. 21 December 2005. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ Moroccan Jewry in Israel set to commemorate 60 years of aliya, The Jerusalem Post (August 25, 2019).
- ^ a b "Jews by country of origin and age, 2010". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 2011-11-13. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ Moroccan Jewry in Israel set to commemorate 60 years of aliya, (August 25, 2019).
- ^ "נתון אחד ביום: רוב יהודי מרוקו חיים בישראל". Davar. April 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2022.