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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.
Congregation Ahavath Chesed, also called The Temple Jacksonville, or simply, The Temple, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 8727 San Jose Boulevard, in Jacksonville, Florida, in the United States. It is one of the oldest Jewish congregation in Florida and one of the first formally incorporated.
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 ]
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 ...
The congregation was started by Rabbi Horace Hasan from Bombay, India, in 1918 as the Ethiopian Hebrew Settlement Workers Association, [6] and was influenced by Wentworth Arthur Matthew's Commandment Keepers. [7] [8] In 2021, Tamar Manasseh became the first woman ordained as a rabbi at the synagogue. [9] [10]
For much of his childhood in the late 1940s and early '50s, Robert Libman would keep his father company as he drove the back roads of central Illinois. With his son sitting next to him, Clarence ...
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews; Founded: 1983; 42 years ago (): Founder: Yechiel Eckstein (1983–2019): Type: 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization: Focus "To promote understanding and cooperation between Jews and Christians and to build broad support for the State of Israel."