the vast majority of morocco's 265,000 jews emigrated to israel after 1948, with significant emigration to europe (mainly france) and north america as well. although about 3,000 jews remain in morocco today, most of the younger generations speak french as their first language, rather than arabic, and their arabic is more akin to moroccan arabic than to judeo-arabic. there are estimated to be 8,925 speakers in morocco, mostly in casablanca and fes, and 250,000 in israel (where speakers reported bilingualism with hebrew). most speakers, in both countries, are elderly. there is a judeo-arabic radio program on israeli radio.