Lorin Foundation Museum — Attraction in arrondissement de Tanger-Medina طنجة المدينة

This synagogue, placed in the number 44 of Rue Touahine in the neighborhood of Beni Ider, was created by Rabbi Mordechai Bengio in 1880. Its construction received the support of Hola Shriqui, widow of Moses Shriqui, founder of the synagogue Shaarit Yosef. Hola gave way the floor of a mill, property of Joseph Lasry, for the creation of the building. This temple held his last office the Kippour 1982 and since 1994 is the seat of Musée-Fondation Lorin offering to the visitors a permanent photographic exhibition about Tangier. Very recommended to visit this...

This museum was well run by a lovely man who walks around and shows you all the pictures. He speaks a little French and English. The pictures weren’t all connected to the synagogue specifically, but rather show the different eras of Tangier. He does have some photos of jewish families and famous people who have visited Tangier, but if was overall a bit of a confusing location, simply because not all the photos told a story about the synagogue...

Its true that the museum is small, but it is full of many interesting things about the history of the Jews and the city of Tangier in general. The museum was a synagogue and was converted into a museum by Lorin. I would like to thank the person in charge of the museum, he is a nice person who also explains the pictures to the visitors. I already loved that man i...