At the end of Passover, North African Jews across the world – especially in Israel – will celebrate Mimouna: a night of open homes, shared food, music, and joy. Tables overflow with moufletas drenched ...

Often just an hour after Passover ends, Moroccan households host Mimouna, an open-house party that is most famous for mufleta, a Moroccan crepe spread with butter honey or jam. There’s a joke about a ...

When I was growing up in Los Angeles, the way my family finished Passover was very different from how most of my friends’ families did. My peers were mostly Ashkenazic Jews, and as the holiday ended, ...

The Mimouna celebration constitutes one of the highlights of the Jewish-Moroccan festivities. It is, for Moroccan Jews, what seals the wondrous holiday of Pesach and an opportune moment to celebrate ...

Go back a few centuries and picture yourself on a small street in a Jewish neighborhood in Casablanca, Morocco, as the sun is starting to set. You’ve just finished the late afternoon prayers on the ...