Morocco and continue to lower infant and maternal mortality rates in the country. Morocco is receptive to healthcare reforms and change. The nation is continuously taking steps to improve health and sets an example for other developing countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Morocco Morocco (; ; ), officially the Kingdom of Morocco (; ), is a country located in the Maghreb of North West Africa with an area of . Its capital is Rabat, the largest city Casablanca. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, bordered to the east by
History of the Jews in Morocco Jewish life in the Muslim interior of Morocco became dominated by the Sephardic plutocracy that continued to maintain control of the Moroccan Jewry up until modern times. Each local community had a "rigid", or "shaykh al-Yahud", who was appointed by the government. The chief figure in the larger Jewish community was the "Nagid" of the capital, who was invariably a court Jew. Throughout the Moroccan Jewish community, there were famous Sephardic "dayyanim" such as the Ibn Danans whose authority was largely recognized by Jews within the whole country. However, the influx of refugees also caused overcrowding in the larger cities