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The Jewish community in Belgrade flourished most notably in the 17th century when Belgrade had a yeshiva (a Jewish religious school), numerous community and cultural centers, Jewish charitable organizations, societies and shops. A beautiful early-20th century Sephardic synagogue, then one of the most prominent buildings in the city, stood in ...
Unlike the Jewish museum in Sarajevo, which is administered by the city, the Belgrade museum falls under the auspices of the Federation of Jewish Communities. [9] Milica Mihajlović, daughter of General Herbert Kraus , Minister of Health, [ 10 ] served as curator (1964–90) and director (1990–06) before retiring in 2007. [ 11 ]
The Jewish communities of the Balkans remained small until the late 15th century, when Jews fleeing the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions found refuge in the Ottoman-ruled areas, including Serbia. The community flourished and reached a peak of 33,000, of whom almost 90% were living in Belgrade and Vojvodina, before World War II.
Dorćol, Belgrade's Jewish quarter. David Kovu was born in Belgrade, Serbia on 1 September 1886. He was one of seven children born to Avram Kovu and Lea Malamed, Sephardic Jews who had lived in the Romanian towns of Craiova and Drobeta-Turnu Severin before relocating to Serbia and settling in its capital Belgrade prior to David's birth.
Other name: Belgrade Sephardi Synagogue, El Kal Vež Synagogue. It was destroyed by a blast in 1941 and demolished after the war. Belgrade Synagogue: 1924–1925 stand Other name: Belgrade Ashkenazi Synagogue El Kal Synagogue: c. 17th century 1941 Other name: The old synagogue on Dorcol. It was destroyed by a blast in 1941 and demolished after ...
Belgrade Fair - Hall 1; Belgrade Tower; Beograđanka; BIGZ building; Dom Sindikata; Eastern City Gate; Gardoš Tower; General Post Office; PRIZAD building; Sava Center; Sava City; Serbian Journalists’ Association Building; Ušće Tower; Veljković Family House; Vučo House on the Sava River; Yugoslav Ministry of Defence Building; Western City ...
Belgrade Synagogue is currently the only fully active Jewish place of worship in Serbian capital Belgrade, created since at least 1521. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, there is only one functioning synagogue, which was rebuilt after World War II, and it is the center of Bosnian Jewish communal life. Four other synagogue buildings exist, one of which ...
During the Turkish rule of Belgrade, Dorćol was a well known trading center, with many markets and traders of different nationalities. Among others, it was a center of Belgrade's Jewish community, who settled in Belgrade in the early 16th century, a remnant of which is the modern Jevrejska ("Jewish") street in Dorćol.