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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 ...
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.
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 ]
1949 Jewish fraternity and sorority gathering in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, U.S. This is a list of historically Jewish fraternities and sororities in the United States and Canada. [1] [2] These organizations exemplify (or exemplified) a range of "Jewishness"; some are historically Jewish in origin but later became strictly secular. Some ...
List of Jewish communities by country, including synagogues, organizations, yeshivas and congregations. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( December 2014 )
Following a merger of the Young Men's Hebrew Association, Young Women's Hebrew Association, and the Jewish Education Alliance, the organization was renamed Jewish Community Center (JCC) in 1951. [1] Many member organizations adopted the new name, but some other member organizations did not do so, particularly in the New York metropolitan area ...
Temple Shalom of Northwest Arkansas is an unaffiliated Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 699 North Sang Avenue, in the Fayetteville area of Arkansas, in the United States. [1] The small, mixed-denomination congregation is affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism , yet it supports a variety of activities and services for Jews of ...
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 ...