The Convergence of Judaism and Islam. Religious, Scientific, and Cultural Dimensions

A Study of Jewish Communal Leadership in Meknes, 1750–1912 r 323

Maroc III C 10.k.1, Community of Meknes to AIU, received June 27, 1887; Community of
Meknes to AIU, 1 Adar 5668 (1908).
On funds received from the AIU, see AIU Maroc II B 12–98, Community of Meknes
to AIU, Sivan 5658 (1898), and AIU Maroc XXXII E 549, Moyal to AIU, June 21, 1911.

108. AIU Maroc II B 12–98, Community of Meknes to AIU, Adar 5662 (1902).


109. Such controversies erupted almost everywhere that the AIU opened schools.
     See Laskier, The Alliance Israélite Universelle, chap. 3, and Susan Gilson Miller, “Saints et
     laïcs dans le Tanger Juif du XIXe siècle,” in Mémoires juives d’Espagne et du Portugal, ed.
     Esther Benbassa (Paris: Publisud, 1996).


110. AIU Maroc XXXII E 561, Valadji to AIU, May 15, 1902.


111. AIU Maroc II B 12–98, Community of Meknes to AIU, Adar 5662 (1902).


112. At least one prominent community member was on the AIU’s side. Mordechai
     Loubaton wrote to the AIU in Paris that he was committed to paying the thirty duoros
     each month. AIU Maroc VII B 8.02, Loubaton to AIU, Sivan 5662 (1902).


113. AIU Maroc XXXII E 561, Mme. Valadji to AIU, March 13, 1902.


114. AIU Maroc II B 12–98, Community of Meknes to AIU, Adar 5662 (1902).


115. Valadji reported the communal leaders saying: “Que l’Alliance nous ferme ses
     écoles... puisqu’elle ne nous envoie pas de secours pour nos pauvres.” AIU Maroc
     XXXII E 561, Valadji to AIU, May 15, 1902.


116. See the series of letters sent by A. Moyal, the AIU teacher in Meknes from 1911 to


117. AIU Maroc XXXII E 549.