Remains of Seven Jewish COVID-19 Victims Transferred From Morocco to Israel for Reburial

The bodies of seven Moroccan-Jewish victims of the COVID-19 pandemic were flown to Israel last week after being interred in a Casablanca Jewish cemetery more than a year ago, David I. Klein reports for JTA.

The transfer was arranged by ZAKA, as well as the Casablanca Chevra Kadisha.

Among the dead was Rabbi Sholom Eidelman, who lived in Morocco for more than 60 years. A second funeral held 18 months after his death drew many of his students in Israel, including former Israeli Sephardic Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar, who was born and spent much of his childhood in Casablanca.

Rabbi Eidelman and the others whose bodies were brought to Israel all died during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic when the virus ripped through the Moroccan Jewish community. At the time, Morocco had no official diplomatic relations with Israel, making coordination between the two countries over the burial of Moroccan Jews in Israel an impossibility.

{Matzav.com Israel}