Speaking the language of music, Israeli-born couple brings Moroccan roots to US university

Speaking the language of music, Israeli-born couple brings Moroccan roots to US university

JTA — The class does not begin with a lecture. Instead, Neta Elkayam stands at the front of the room and sings — usually in the Moroccan Arabic of her ancestors, rather than her native Hebrew.

The students — most of them Black, most…

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