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…
Tag: Jewish Sarajevo
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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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Jewish Bosnia Celebrates Bicentennial of ‘Sarajevo Purim’
Here is a recent article about what is probably the most notable event in the 19th-century history of Jewish Sarajevo — the so-called “Sarajevo Purim“: Our Jewish heritage tour to…
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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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BBC Features Bosnian Jewish Community
Here is a very interesting piece on the Jews of Bosnia.
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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…