A year after the normalization with Morocco was announced, Israel hosted senior academics from the North African country for a two-day conference on the impact of Jewish culture and law on the kingdom.
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Eleven Moroccan scholars arrived in Israel for the event organized by Bar-Ilan University's Dahan Center.
During the conference, the center signed an academic cooperation agreement with Moroccos' Center for Studies and Research on Hebraic Law headed by Abdellah Ouzitane. The two institutions will collaborate on joint research and publications, academic programs related to the universalism of values and pluralism of cultures. They will also hold joint conferences on Jewish culture and law in Morocco.
The delegation was welcomed by President Isaac Herzog, head of Morocco's diplomatic mission in Israel Abderrahim Beyyoudh, and Director of the Dahan Center Shimon Ohayon.
"We anticipate that this collaboration will result in the revelation of cultural works, particularly in the field of Jewish law, that have not yet been researched and to which we have not had access," Ohayon said.
"We hope that the Royal Library of Morocco will open a window for us to promote research and cooperation. We look forward to enhancing the memory, customs and institutions of Moroccan Hebrew law, and to initiating studies on Hebrew law and Muslim law, thus highlighting Morocco's Jewish-Islamic legal heritage," he added.
i24NEWS contributed to this report.
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