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…
Tag: Sephardic Balkans
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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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Lonely Planet Includes North Macedonia on ‘Best in Travel 2020’ List
Lonely Planet just published its list of “Best in Travel 2020” top destinations. North Macedonia appears in third place. Here is the full country list:https://www.lonelyplanet.com/best-in-travel/countries If you’re looking for a…
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Expansion of the Jewish Museum in Thessaloniki
The Jewish Museum in Thessaloniki has expanded, adding a new wing with several new galleries. The official reopening took place a week ago, and Greek President Prokopios Pavlopouplos was in…
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BBC Radio 3 Program on Ladino
If you have 30 minutes to spare, listen to this very interesting radio story about Ladino. The author is Jessica Marlowe, a British artist and musician of Sephardic/Bulgarian descent. She…
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Thousands Sephardi Jews Apply for Spanish Citizenship
Spain received 127,000 applications for Spanish citizenship from descendants of Iberian Jews. Here is the full story, as reported by the BBC.
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Sofia Synagogue Anniversary and New Jewish School
In September, the Bulgarian Jewish community celebrated the 110th anniversary of the building of the Sofia Synagogue. Among the many local and foreign dignitaries attending the event was WJC president…
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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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Bulgaria Developing Jewish Heritage Route
BBC New reported that the Bulgarian tourism ministry and the organization of Bulgarian Jews are collaborating on the development of a tourism route through Bulgaria. The project is meant to…
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Jewish Travel in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
An interesting article in the Jewish Week by Hilary Danailova about the unique appeal of Bulgaria’s second largest city — and second largest Jewish community — Plovdiv. The town is…
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Ladino
The NBC News website published an interesting article on Ladino.
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Our Jewish Heritage Tours Featured in Jewish Week
Our Jewish Heritage Tours to Eastern Europe were featured in the Jewish Journeys publication of the New York Jewish Week.
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Digitizing Jewish Heritage in Slovenia
A new research project will be collecting and digitizing Slovenia’s Jewish heritage. You can read more about it here.
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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.