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Article Evaluation on: Moroccan Jews

First off, there is an unneeded comma, after "250,000".

I think this particular page is well written and concise. However, I think information such as important Jewish synagogues and major Jewish Moroccan cities needs to be included. And how, if any, have influenced synagogues or Jewish cities elsewhere in the diaspora or Israel. Also, I think this page would benefit by adding information such as Moroccan Jewish architecture and what language is most commonly spoken amongst Moroccan Jews that live in Morocco today. Additionally, I think a section about Moroccan Jewish food must be added, especially because I know that many Moroccan Jews are proud of their distinct culinary tradition. Overall, I believe this article is written in an unbiased way, however, some events such as riots against Jews living in Morocco must be added in order to give a full picture of Moroccan Jewish emigration.I don't think this article has a specific "view point", but rather it is more factual, as it should be. In all, I believe facts are cited appropriately, and the links work. I am having a difficult time finding out what this page is rated, and if there are currently people commenting in the talk page.

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Hi Professor, I'm not quite sure what to do here. I believe I am just supposed to list a few articles that I am interested in approving. So here they are:

Moroccan Jews

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JEWISH QUARTERS IN MOROCCO:

The Jewish Quarters in Morocco were called mellahs. Jews in Morocco were considered  dhimmis ' under Muslim law, meaning that they were seen as an inferior religious group, that were distinguished from the Muslim majority, and were prevented from participating in certain activities. However, dhimmis such as Jews were tolerated, following the Pact of Umar in the 7th century, unlike the policy of intolerance that the Christians practiced with the Jews at that time in Europe. Sultans put Jews in the mellah s, as what most see as an attempt to ostracize the Jews, and keep them from being exposed to insurgents. The Jewish Quarters in Moroccan cities were called Mellahs. The Sultans also wanted the Jews to be protected for political reasons. An attack on minorities was seen as an attack on the Sultan's power. The Sultan put the Jews in the Mellah for their safety, as well as to protect the Sultan rulings from being tested by insurgents. The word mellah is similar to the Hebrew word for salt, melach (מלח). The term mellah refers to the salty, marshy area where the Jews of Northern Morocco were originally transferred and gathered. The mellah was not a ghetto and was not structured in a way similar to Jewish Quarters in Europe. By the 1900's, most Moroccan cities had a mellah.

 

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Gendered Practices in Prayer
Tefillin, or phylacteries, are black boxes that Jewish men are commanded to wear during prayer. There are two boxes. One box is to be worn on the head, and the other box is meant to be worn on the non-dominant arm. Each box contains a scroll inscribed with a verse from the Torah.