When sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah was planning to revive the city of Essaouira, he relied on Morocco’s most competent Jew. Samuel Sumbal was the sultan’s right-hand man, who helped build 18th century Essaouira.
Nominated in 2017 by President Donald Trump to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Kingdom of Morocco, David T. Fischer has finally been confirmed by the Senate.
Chaim Ben Diwan is the son of another Jewish saint in Morocco, Amram Ben Diwan. Buried in Ouirgane, near Marrakech, the saint is a mysterious one whose story was overshadowed by his father's.