Macedonia to build Holocaust museum
After years of negotiations, work on the Balkans' first Holocaust Museum could begin shortly in the former Jewish quarter in Macedonia's capital city, Skopje. Read more »
Jews oppose Lithuanian plan
A controversial project to reconstruct Vilnius´ famed Jewish quarter is opposed by some members of the Jewish community, who say the money could be better spent helping poor Lithuanian Jews. Read more »
A Holocaust museum for Macedonia
Macedonia’s Jews hope to harness a sweeping government restitution plan to fund a Holocaust memorial center for the Balkan countries whose Jewish populations were decimated during World War II. The restitution money may also support the tiny remaini Read more »
Macedonian Jews remember deportations
In a tobacco factory in Skopje, Macedonia, a small group somberly gathered to recall the day exactly 60 years ago that almost the entire Jewish population of the country was rounded up to be sent to Treblinka. Macedonia’s present-day Jewish communit Read more »
Prague Jewish groups to merge
For years, Prague's Bejt Praha liberal Jewish community felt isolated from the official Orthodox community. But now, Bejt Praha is set to become affiliated with the Orthodox establishment. Read more »
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