(JTA) — Jews and Jewish sites appear to have largely been spared following the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco late Friday, killing at least 2,100 people and plunging some of the poorest ...

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The quake came on the eve of a Jewish pilgrimage and during the local harvest season for etrogs, used in the observance of Sukkot. (JTA) — Jews and Jewish sites appear to have largely been spared ...