Robert Assaraf

Robert Assaraf studied at Paris Law Faculty, Mohammed V University and Lycée Descartes. The recorded working language is Hebrew, Arabic and English. Employment is recorded with Marianne, Radio Shalom Paris and OPTORG. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Order of the Throne.

• Name — Robert Assaraf • Native Name — روبرت الصراف • Born — 5 November 1936 • Birthplace — Rabat, Morocco • Died — 5 March 2018 • Place of death — Ramat HaSharon, Israel • Occupation — Historian, writer • Known for — Studies on Moroccan Jewish history

Assaraf began his career in the cabinet of the Ministry of the Interior of Morocco. He then joined the ONA Group, where he became the General Director and Delegate Administrator, until his retirement in 1990. In 1996 he established the Centre International de Recherche sur les Juifs du Maroc and co-founded l’Union mondiale du judaïsme marocain in 1999. He was the President of the Worldwide Moroccan Jewish Union. Assaraf was also the president of Radio Shalom and was the vice-president of the French magazine Marianne, until 2005 when he sold his shares to Yves de Chaisemartin. In his lifetime, Assaraf published a number of books the Jewish population of Morocco and the contemporary politics of Israel. A historical survey of the Jewish population in Morocco was published in 2005. In September 2008 he published a survey of the emigration and the Diaspora of the Moroccan Jews. Towards the end of his life Assaraf relocated to Ramat HaSharon in Israel, where he died on 5 March 2018.