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Michel Bitbol . Michel Abitbol ( Hebrew : מיכאל אביטבול ; born 14 April 1943 in Casablanca , Morocco ) is a Moroccan - Israeli historian. He is considered an expert on the history of Morocco and the history the Jews of North Africa . In the 80s, he gave courses at Université Paris VIII and Yale University . He is currently professor and chair of the Department of African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He is the scientific director of the Center for Research on Moroccan Jewry, founded in Jerusalem in 1994. He writes his books and monographs in French. From 1978 until 1981 and from 1987 until 1994 he was the director of the Ben-Zvi Institute in Jerusalem.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Michel Abitbol (born in April 14, 1943 in Morocco ) is an Israeli Jewish research fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He is one of the main contributors to Encyclopedia Judaica .
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Michel Abitbol (born April 14, 1943, Morocco ) is an Israeli Jewish historian, professor, and chair of the Department of African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .He is considered an expert on the history of the Jews of North Africa .He is also the scientific director of the Center for Research on Moroccan Jewry, founded in Jerusalem in 1994.He writes his books and monographs in French .From 1978 until 1981 and from 1987 until 1994 he was the director of the Ben-Zvi Institute in Jerusalem.
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Michel Abitbol ( ; born 14 April 1943, Morocco ) is an Israeli Jewish historian, professor, and chair of the Department of African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He is considered an expert on the history of the Jews of North Africa . He is also the scientific director of the Center for Research on Moroccan Jewry, founded in Jerusalem in 1994. He writes his books and monographs in French . From 1978 until 1981 and from 1987 until 1994 he was the director of the Ben-Zvi Institute in Jerusalem.
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Moroccan-Israeli historian Not to be confused with Michel Bitbol .Michel Abitbol ( ; born 14 April 1943 in Casablanca , Morocco ) is a Moroccan - Israeli historian.He is considered an expert on the history of Morocco and the history the Jews of North Africa .In the 80s, he gave courses at Université Paris VIII and Yale University . He is currently professor and chair of the Department of African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . He is the scientific director of the Center for Research on Moroccan Jewry, founded in Jerusalem in 1994. He writes his books and monographs in French. From 1978 until 1981 and from 1987 until 1994 he was the director of the Ben-Zvi Institute in Jerusalem.
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israeli jewish research fellow at the hebrew university of jerusalem
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moroccan - israeli historian
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