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 Moroccan King Mohammed VI has recognized the country’s Jewish community  as a component of national culture. Following “royal instruction,” Moroccan Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit proposed in a meeting of the Council of Ministers in Rabat that new representative bodies be formed for the Jewish community, calling their traditions “a component of the rich Moroccan culture.” KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Professor  Shalva Weil , a Senior Researcher at the Seymour Fox School of Education at Jerusalem’s Hebrew university who recently attended a gathering in Morocco to promote the country’s Jewish heritage. (Photo:Twitter)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.