Aug 2, 2017
An elderly Jewish Moroccan man touches the mezuzah of his new home in Ahuzam, Israel; 1954. x
Ahuzam is a moshav which was established in 1950 by Jewish immigrants from Morocco as part of the Haoved Hazioni movement. In December 1955, a fight took place between the members of the community who preferred a secular education for their children and those who preferred a religious education. For several years, this fight continued but was finally resolved in 1958 when a religious school was opened alongside a secular one. As of 2015 there are 517 people who live in Ahuzam and the community remains a mixed secular and religious community, still primarily made up of Moroccan Jewish persons.