Brief overview of the legends associated with early migration of Jews to North Africa, the Jewish Berber tribes and the Islamic Conquest, and scholarship in the 10th and 11th century.

Recommended Reading:
Andre N. Couraqui, Between East and West: A History of the Jews of North Africa (JPS, 1968)

Vivian B. Mann, ed. Morocco: Jews and Art in a Muslim Land (Jewish Museum, 2000)

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