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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 430

Balkans

A Bukharan savory pastry featured in 'Savory Flavors,' a culinary guidebook by Ron Diller, published in June 2024 (Courtesy)
November 19, 2024, 2:23 pm
Book offers guide to Israel’s ethnic groups through family restaurants
Ron Diller’s ‘Savory Flavors’ explains the history of the communities behind the country’s multicultural cuisine: ‘I really wanted to tell their stories’
By Jessica Steinberg
Police investigators on the site of the attack in Cetinje, 36 kilometers (22 miles) west of Podogrica, Montenegro, Friday, August 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Risto Bozovic)
August 12, 2022, 10:24 pm
Montenegro man kills 11 in shooting rampage, is shot dead by police
Witnesses say attacker was randomly shooting at people walking in the street, including children; police sources say shooting came after a family dispute
By AP
Protesters gather outside the Office of the High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Sarajevo, July 25, 2022. (David I. Klein/ JTA)
July 28, 2022, 11:57 pm
New law may cement de facto ban on Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Jews holding high office
Proposed legislation by a European overseeing body would bolster the three country’s largest ethnic blocs while continuing to disenfranchise at least 17 national minority groups
By David I. Klein
Rasela Mizrahi, right, speaks to a colleague during a cabinet meeting in Skopje, North Macedonia, January 14, 2020. (Courtesy of the Parliament of North Macedonia/ via JTA)
June 8, 2021, 4:12 am
North Macedonia’s first Jewish lawmaker breaks taboos, is hit with antisemitism
As Rasela Mizrahi becomes a hero to some on the right, others on the left unleash the biggest post-Holocaust torrent of hatred ever seen by the country’s Jewish community of 200
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Israeli Ambassador in Albania Noah Gal Gendler speaks during the inauguration of a Holocaust memorial in Tirana, on Thursday, July 9, 2020. (Xhulio Hajdari /Tirana City Hall via AP)
October 28, 2020, 11:22 pm
Muslim-majority Albania hosts first ever Balkan anti-Semitism forum
At online conference organized by US and Israeli groups, Albanian PM calls anti-Semitism ‘a threat to our own civilization’
By LLAZAR SEMINI
This currently boarded-up, abandoned building in Prizren will soon house Kosovo’s only synagogue and Jewish museum. (Larry Luxner/ Times of Israel)
December 22, 2018, 3:09 am
With US help, Muslim-majority Kosovo plans its first synagogue and Jewish museum
Though today home to just under 60 Jews, the state — which vies for international recognition — boasts a community that dates back to prior to the Spanish Inquisition
By Larry Luxner
Serbian police officer provides security at the Belgrade headquarters of Serbia’s Federation of Jewish Communities, June 2018. (Larry Luxner/Times of Israel)
September 21, 2018, 6:15 am
In impoverished Serbia, Jewish community is isolated — and rapidly shrinking
The Holocaust, multiple prolonged conflicts, and economic downturn have all contributed to high assimilation and emigration rates among the tight-knit group of 3,000 Serbian Jews
By Larry Luxner
Sabbatai Zevi (1626–76), depicted in an illustration from an early 20th-century Russian encyclopedia of the Jews, was regarded by some Jews in his day as the messiah, until his forced conversion to Islam in the 17th century. (Wikimedia Commons/via JTA)
February 22, 2018, 9:19 am
For some Balkan Muslims a Jewish false messiah inspires interfaith understanding
In certain circles emphasizing mysticism, 17th century figure Sabbatai Zevi has recently become ‘an element through which to express their genuine philosemitism’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
A cornerstone is laid for a new synagogue in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, December 18, 2017 (Facebook photo)
December 22, 2017, 7:23 pm
In Montenegro, cornerstone laid for first synagogue in centuries
Rabbi Ari Edelkopf hopes the house of prayer will help bring country’s tiny Jewish community closer to its roots
By JTA
The Mustafa Busuladzic Elementary School in Sarajevo, Bosnia. (courtesy, Mustafa Busuladzic Elementary School)
November 8, 2017, 3:14 am
Israel protests Bosnian school named for Muslim Nazi collaborator
Mustafa Busuladzic Elementary School rejects criticism, says Jewish state ‘has no right to give moral lessons to others’ due to West Bank settlement building
By JTA
Ari Edelkopf and wife Chana in 2009 in Sochi, Russia. (Courtesy of Federation of Jewish Communities)
November 4, 2017, 4:04 pm
Montenegro gets a rabbi while waiting for a synagogue
Ari Edelkopf, originally from LA, settled in the capital Podgorica several weeks ago with his wife and children after being forced to leave Sochi earlier this year
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Protesters enter into the parliament building in Skopje, Macedonia, Thursday, April 27, 2017. (AP/Boris Grdanoski)
April 28, 2017, 4:07 am
Scores hurt as protesters storm Macedonian parliament
Several lawmakers among those injured in right-wing demonstrations against election of new speaker despite political gridlock
By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES
Israel's midfielder Eran Zahavi (C) passes the ball as Liechtenstein's midfielder Sandro Wieser defends during the World Cup 2018 qualification football match between Israel and Liechtenstein at the Teddy Kollek Memorial Stadium in Jerusalem on October 9, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX)
November 9, 2016, 12:46 am
Israel warns of ‘credible threat’ of IS attack at soccer game in Albania
Official travel alert issued hours after Balkan country arrests 4 terror suspects, relocates Saturday’s World Cup match over security fears
By ToI Staff
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during her summer interview with journalists of German public broadcaster ARD on August 28, 2016 in Berlin. (AFP/dpa /Rainer Jensen)
August 28, 2016, 9:45 pm
Merkel rules out refugee ban, urges EU states ‘to do their bit’
German chancellor blasts those who don’t want to accept Muslims in their country, regardless of humanitarian need
By Frank Jordans
A woman and her children look on as migrants and refugees wait to cross the Greece-Macedonia border in the rain on November 27, 2015 near Gevgelija. (AFP PHOTO / ROBERT ATANASOVSKI)
March 19, 2016, 12:55 am
EU, Turkey strike ‘historic’ deal to send back migrants
Complex accord includes promised acceleration of Ankara’s long-stalled bid for EU membership
By Lachlan CARMICHAEL
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