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…
Tag: Sephardic Balkans
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CNN Travel Highlights Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Read CNN’s ten reasons to visit Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second largest city. Plovdiv is also home to the second largest Jewish community in the country. The Plovdiv Zion synagogue is the…
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JTA Article on Jewish Salonica
Here is a very interesting piece on the history of Jewish Thessaloniki. It was written by historian Devin Naar of the University of Washington, a leading world expert on Jewish…
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Wine Enthusiast Names Bulgaria Top Wine Destination
Wine Enthusiast published their 2017 list of the top 10 wine destinations, and Bulgaria came in second. You are likely to also very much enjoy the wine in North Macedonia…
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Sephardic Balkans in the Jewish Week
Journalist Hilary Danailova wrote a wonderful article in the Jewish Week that focused on our Jewish heritage tours. It discusses Sofia, Plovdiv, Skopje, Thessaloniki, and the rich Sephardic legacy of…
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Skopje’s Architecture
Balkan Insight published an article about the history of Skopje’s architecture. It focuses on the post-earthquake Brutalist buildings and on the Skopje 2014 “facelift” project.
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International Travel News Highlights Jewish Heritage Trip to the Balkans
The January 2016 issue of ITN (International Travel News) included a description of our Jewish heritage tour of Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Greece (Salonica). The magazine listed the following trip highlights:…
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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…
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eJewish Philanthropy Focuses on Bulgaria’s Jewish Community
Coinciding with the 35th anniversary of Limmud, the site eJewish Philanthropy wrote about Jewish life in Bulgaria, past and present. Joseph Benatov contributed the following brief historical overview of Bulgaria’s…
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Jewish Heritage Tour to Bulgaria and Greece Featured in International Travel News
The November 2014 issue of International Travel News (ITN) wrote about our summer 2015 Jewish heritage trip to Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Salonica (Thessaloniki). ITN highlighted some of the key highlights…
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Maiden Voyage along Sephardic Balkans Route Featured in International Travel News
The February 2014 issue of International Travel News (ITN) listed our very first Jewish heritage trip to the Sephardic Balkans: Bulgaria, North Macedonia (just Macedonia back then), and Greece. Some…