The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/bosnia/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:16:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Bosnia | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/bosnia/ 32 32 Booking.com drops two guesthouses that refused to accept Israeli visitors https://www.timesofisrael.com/booking-com-drops-two-guesthouses-that-refused-to-accept-israeli-visitors/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:37:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3632383 Tourist was told by Naples hotel she can't reserve if she served in Gaza or backs Netanyahu; traveler in Bosnia refused hostel entry

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]]> Bosnia national museum accuses Israel of ‘genocide,’ draws flak from Jewish groups https://www.timesofisrael.com/bosnia-national-museum-accuses-israel-of-genocide-draws-flak-from-jewish-groups/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 17:31:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3613243 National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina says profits from its sale of a publication about a historic Haggadah will be donated to help Palestinian causes

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]]> Meeting of European rabbis in Sarajevo canceled after anti-Israel pressure https://www.timesofisrael.com/meeting-of-european-rabbis-in-sarajevo-canceled-after-anti-israel-pressure/ Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:26:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3571648 Bosnian minister says conference 'a message of legitimization of the occupation and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people'; Swissotel cites security concerns

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]]> Sarajevo film premiere spotlights rare Muslim-Jewish harmony https://www.timesofisrael.com/sarajevo-film-premiere-spotlights-rare-muslim-jewish-harmony/ Thu, 26 Sep 2024 12:27:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3384115 'Sevap/Mitzvah' tells true story of Muslim woman who hid a Jewish family in WWII Nazi-occupied Sarajevo and was then saved by a Jewish family from besieged Bosnian capital in 1990s

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]]> Austrian literary festival drops Bosnian author who protested criticism of Oct. 7 https://www.timesofisrael.com/austrian-literary-festival-drops-bosnian-author-who-protested-criticism-of-oct-7/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 13:26:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3214221 Separately, a children's book fair in Italy indicates it will ignore a petition to boycott Israel signed by top artists

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]]> Jews, Muslims mark Srebrenica anniversary, Europe’s only post-World War II genocide https://www.timesofisrael.com/jews-muslims-mark-srebrenica-anniversary-europes-only-post-world-war-ii-genocide/ Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:13:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3049267 World Jewish Congress hosts day-long conference in city where more than 8,000 Bosniaks, mainly Muslims, were killed in July 1995

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]]> Sarajevo Jews celebrate a second Purim. For centuries, they weren’t alone https://www.timesofisrael.com/sarajevo-jews-celebrate-a-second-purim-for-centuries-they-werent-alone/ Tue, 07 Mar 2023 03:36:24 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2967975 For many of the 900 or so Jews in Bosnia, this week will be the first of two annual Purim celebrations; Jews in Italy, Spain, Maghreb region have similar customs

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]]> Bosnia’s Jewish community putting together an archive for an eventual museum https://www.timesofisrael.com/bosnias-jewish-community-putting-together-an-archive-for-an-eventual-museum/ Thu, 09 Feb 2023 10:30:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2947161 Historian Eli Tauber, leading the project, says it will be a challenge to piece together family histories and destinies that cover 500 years

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]]> US says Russia has sent $300 million to meddle in elections in dozens of countries https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-says-russia-has-sent-300-million-to-meddle-in-elections-in-dozens-of-countries/ Wed, 14 Sep 2022 07:24:23 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2836287 Senior administration official assesses that the amount, spent since 2014, is just 'the tip of the iceberg,' more went undetected

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]]> Daily Briefing Feb. 7 – Banning Gal Gadot & PA leadership’s real-life ‘Succession’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/daily-briefing-feb-7-banning-gal-gadot-pa-leaderships-real-life-succession/ Mon, 07 Feb 2022 12:20:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2697708 Palestinian affairs correspondent Aaron Boxerman weighs in on the civil unrest in the PA and Gaza; Jewish World editor Yaakov Schwartz reports on the Lev Tahor cult from Bosnia

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]]> 37 members of extremist cult Lev Tahor leave Bosnia, destination unknown https://www.timesofisrael.com/37-members-of-extremist-cult-lev-tahor-leave-bosnia-destination-unknown/ Fri, 04 Feb 2022 23:46:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2696443 Government assures 'anxious citizens' that group has gone; uncertain where it will now seek refuge; so-called 'Jewish Taliban' follow extreme and in some cases outlawed practices

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]]> Bosnian War prosecutor from US tries to help Sarajevo’s Jews survive virus surge https://www.timesofisrael.com/bosnian-war-prosecutor-from-us-tries-to-help-sarajevos-jews-survive-virus-surge/ Fri, 07 May 2021 20:44:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2532691 Phillip Weiner says up to 5% of Bosnia's tiny Jewish community, many of them Holocaust survivors, have died, as citizens protest the government's poor handling of the pandemic

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]]> Bosnian Catholic cardinal to honor Nazi collaborators in memorial service https://www.timesofisrael.com/bosnian-catholic-cardinal-to-honor-nazi-collaborators-in-memorial-service/ Thu, 14 May 2020 11:33:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2305944 Jewish groups and Israeli embassy protest event in memory of Ustasha forces, responsible for gory anti-Semitic killings during World War II

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]]> In ethnically split Bosnia, ‘others,’ including Jews, are on the outside https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-ethnically-split-bosnia-others-including-jews-are-on-the-outside/ Fri, 05 Oct 2018 12:19:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1936545 1995 Dayton peace accords stipulate that political power must be shared among self-identified Serbs, Croats and Muslims, ignoring the rest

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]]> Abbas pans Israel’s ‘racist, apartheid’ nation-state law https://www.timesofisrael.com/abbas-pans-israels-racist-nation-state-law/ Wed, 29 Aug 2018 18:15:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1916865 Palestinian leader reiterates support for international conference that would bypass US as sole peace broker

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