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The Moroccan Jews of Morocco

The Moroccan Jews of Morocco, numbering approximately 2,300 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ancient North African Jewish community shaped by indigenous Moroccan traditions and by Sephardic exiles from Iberia after 1492, historically living in cities, Atlas settlements, and oasis communities. They mostly adhere to Judaism and Judeo-Moroccan Arabic is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Moroccan Jews

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Jewish Peoples
Country: Morocco
People Cluster: Jews
Primary Language(s): Judeo-Moroccan Arabic (aju)
Primary Religion(s): Judaism
Population: 2,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011861
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Judaism
Religious Affiliation: Judaism

99%
%
Judaism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Judeo-Moroccan Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

70%
%
Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan Speakers

Media Resources in Judeo-Moroccan Arabic:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Judeo-Moroccan Arabic:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Moroccan Jews:
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Pray specifically for the Moroccan Jews of Morocco

For the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.
readLuke 19:10

Pray that those who are lost will respond to the One who came to seek and save the lost, and experience the joy of being found.

"O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me."
readJohn 17:25

Pray that the lost will come to know the Father and Jesus Christ, whom He has sent, and that they will be filled with His love and grace.

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
readLamentations 3:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the goodness of the Lord as they wait on Him to answer their cries for help.

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
readLuke 10:1

Ask God to raise up, send out, and sustain Christians who can go together to share the good news of Jesus with those who need it.

Jew, Judeo-Moroccan Across Countries (ROP3 - 104318) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Moroccan JewsPG011861Moroccan JewsMorocco2,300Unengaged and UnreachedJudeo-Moroccan ArabicJudaism
Judeo-Moroccan JewsPG050501Judeo-Moroccan JewsCanada16,500Engaged yet UnreachedJudeo-Moroccan ArabicJudaism
Moroccan JewsPG050378Moroccan JewsUnited States25,500Unengaged and UnreachedJudeo-Moroccan ArabicJudaism
Maghrebi JewsPG011750Maghrebi JewsIsrael547,000Engaged yet UnreachedJudeo-Moroccan ArabicJudaism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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