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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

I am the LORD; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.
readIsaiah 42:8

Pray that lost people will turn from worthless idols to worship the one true God, recognizing that He alone is worthy of all glory and praise.

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
read2 Timothy 4:3-4

Pray that the lost will be open to the truth of the gospel and turn from false teachings and myths to the sound doctrine of Christ in faith.

I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me. I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.
readPsalm 3:5-6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and experience isolation or other persecution, God will sustain them and give them confidence and rest in Him.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

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

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
Maghrebi JewsPG011750Maghrebi JewsIsrael547,000Engaged yet UnreachedJudeo-Moroccan ArabicJudaism
Moroccan JewsPG011861Moroccan JewsMorocco2,300Unengaged and UnreachedJudeo-Moroccan ArabicJudaism
Moroccan JewsPG050378Moroccan JewsUnited States25,500Unengaged and UnreachedJudeo-Moroccan ArabicJudaism
Judeo-Moroccan JewsPG050501Judeo-Moroccan JewsCanada16,500Engaged yet UnreachedJudeo-Moroccan ArabicJudaism

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

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