The Jews of Sarajevo
Back in 2017, The English-language edition of Haaretz published a very interesting piece on the Sarajevo Jewish community. Jakob Finci, president of the Jewish community of Bosnia, speaks about present-day…
Tag: Bosnia Jewish Tour
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Family Stories from Jewish Bosnia
Here is an interesting assortment of personal recollections — and photographs — from Bosnian Jewish life in the early 20th century. The page also contains an interesting documentary about the…
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Sarajevo’s Jewish Community Pays Annual Visit to Rabbi Moshe Danon’s Grave
Tablet Magazine ran an interesting news article about a ritual pilgrimage that the Jews of Bosnia were able to undertake a few days ago, as the country is slowly opening…
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Five Sephardic Cities
Here is some fascinating information about five Sephardic cities in the Balkans. We visit Sarajevo, Dubrovnik, and Split on our Jewish heritage tour of Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Trieste. Monastir…
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Ladino Day 2019
The Forward carried a very interesting article about this year’s Ladino Day celebrations at the University of Washington in Seattle — one of the main hubs of Sephardic culture in…
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Boston-area Travelers Featured in Jewish Journal
Three of our May 2019 travelers wrote in the Jewish Journal about their experience on our Jewish heritage tour to Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Trieste. They had their picture taken…
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Jewish Week Features Our Trips among Boutique Jewish Heritage Options
We were pleased and honored to see our trips featured in a special article in the Jewish Week focusing on high-end, boutique travel with a focus on Jewish heritage. Author…
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Western Balkans Trip Featured in International Travel News
The highly regarded magazine International Travel News (ITN) highlighted our trip to the Western Balkans in its October 2018 issue. Our Jewish heritage trip to Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Trieste…
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Fascinating Documentary on Jewish Sarajevo
You may enjoy watching the documentary Saved by Language. It tells the story of Moris Albahari, a Sephardi Jew from Sarajevo, Bosnia, and also provides some beautiful shots from this…
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Bosnia’s Jewish Community
Here is an interesting article from the Forward on the 450-year-long history of Bosnia’s — and Sarajevo’s — Jewish community. The article speak about many of the sites we’ll visit…