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Article: Morocco's Jews jolted by Casablanca bombings
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- Jerusalem Post
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- May 22, 2003
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Headline: Morocco's Jews jolted by Casablanca bombings
Byline: JAMEY KEATEN, AP
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 05
Thursday, May 22, 2003 -- CASABLANCA - Morocco once had a thriving
Jewish community of at least 250,000 people, with entire neighborhoods
in Casablanca's old city occupied by religious Jews.
Now numbering at most 5,000, the community is coming to grips with
deadly terror attacks that, while not killing any Jews, appeared to
target Jewish religious and community sites.
While there have been many expressions of support after the attacks,
an undercurrent of unease lurks for some Jews, who were as surprised
as the rest of Morocco that such terror had ...