Maggie Cacoun, a 54-year-old businesswoman from Casablanca, is the first Jewish woman to run for a seat in Morocco’s parliament. Her candidacy has been the talk of the elections that will conclude at the end of the week.
Cacoun, who was recently elected to head the woman’s list of the Al-Wast Al-Aghtama’i (Social Center) partyCacoun is not the only Jewish Moroccan of the estimated 5,000 Jews living in the country to be running in its parliamentary elections. Contractor Joseph Levy joins his fellow community member in the race.
Before the establishment of Israel in 1948, there were some 300,000 Jews in Morocco.
(Source: Ynet)
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