Lazama Synagogue is the last active synagogue in the Mellah (Jewish Quarter) of Marrakesh, originally built in 1492 and rebuilt in the 20th century, featuring a courtyard with blue and white tiles and small rooms displaying historical photographs and documents of the Berber Jewish population. Visitors explore this functioning place of worship and nearby Jewish cemetery, the largest in Morocco, to learn about the region's once-thriving Jewish community that numbered 50,000 in Marrakesh before declining due to emigration to Israel.
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