Algerian Jewish pianist was revered among Jews, Muslims

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Algerian Jewish pianist was revered among Jews, Muslims

PASSOVER EDITION 5784 SECTION C PAGE 20 By Christopher Silver JERUSALEM — Nearly 70 years ago to the day, a young Algerian Jewish pianist by the name of Maurice El Medioni dashed off a letter to Samy Elmaghribi in Casablanca. Pianist Maurice El Medioni performs at the Barbican in London, June 21, 2008. (Andy Sheppard/Redferns) “I have not forgotten you,” he wrote on March 31, 1954. “If I haven’t written you earlier it is because I have been so b…