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Jews have had a continuous presence in historic Bulgarian lands since before the 2nd century CE, and have often played an important part in the history of Bulgaria. Today, the majority of Bulgarian Jews live in Israel, while modern-day Bulgaria continues to host a modest Jewish population.
As per the 2021 Bulgarian census, the Jews in Sofia number around 901.. Sofia Synagogue, September 2005. Sofia had Jewish inhabitants before the ninth century; and in 811 the community was joined by coreligionists among the 30,000 prisoners whom the Bulgarian czar Krum brought with him on his return from an expedition against Thessaly, while a number of Jewish emigrants from the Byzantine ...
A monument of gratitude for the rescue of Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust was dedicated in the presence of the Israeli Ambassador and other dignitaries in Bourgas, Bulgaria, 75 years after the rescue of the Bulgarian Jews and the deportation of Jews from areas of northern Greece and Yugoslavia under Bulgarian administration. [61]
Nowadays, the Jewish community in Bulgaria is very small (863 in 1994) [6] because of the Holocaust, secularity of the local Jewish population due to many years of communism and subsequent Aliya (Jewish immigration to Israel). In 1994 the synagogue was mostly inactive. [6] but the community is undergoing a revival [7] In 2003 the synagogue was ...
In 1614, there were seven households. That number grew to ten between 1635 and to 41 between 1696-1697. Around 1888, the Jews were 1,277, the highest number in the history of Jews in the city. In 1945, the Jews were up to 826 (303 males, 322 females, 201 children). Their main occupations were trading and carpentry.
The Bulgarian Jews and the Final Solution 1940–1944. University of Pittsburgh Press. 1972. ISBN 0-8229-3251-2. [10] The History of Bulgaria. Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations, 2011, ISBN 978-0-313-38446-2; CHUTZPAH AND NAÏVETÉ: AN AMERICAN GRADUATE STUDENT BURSTS THROUGH THE IRON CURTAIN TO DO RESEARCH IN BULGARIA. Xlibris. 2014.
Jewish Bulgarian history (9 C, 7 P) J. Jews and Judaism in Sofia (2 P) S. Sephardi Jewish culture in Bulgaria (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Jews and Judaism in Bulgaria"
The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria (OJB) coordinates the different Jewish communities in Bulgaria, a country where about 8000 Jews live. This organization organizes programs and projects. The tasks of Shalom – OJB are mainly: Keeping up and promoting the Jewish values and traditions regarding ethnological, linguistic and cultural aspects