Pillar of Casablanca community dies of coronavirus

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With thanks: Vanessa

Coronavirus  has claimed the life of a pillar of Jewish life  in Casablanca – Meir Michel Tordjman. An entry by a wellwisher on his Facebook page on 25 March records that he had been ill.

Born and bred in Casablanca, Tordjman  helped put on the first public concert in a working synagogue in Casablanca, as a goodbye gift to US Ambassador Sam Kaplan and his wife Sylvia in 2013.

The Tordjman family are responsible for maintaining the Benarroch synagogue in Casablanca. The city has a community of about 2,000 Jews.

Casablanca has the highest number of cases of the virus in Morocco, with 133 cases on 29 March. There have been 24 deaths in the country.

 
Meir Michel Tordjman z”l

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