JERUSALEM OF THE BALKANS
The Sephardic Jewish Community of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sunday, Nov 6, 2-3PM (ET, US), via ZOOM
Celebrate the Sephardic Jewish Community of Sarajevo,
Bosnia and Herzegovina on the anniversary of Kristallnacht.
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The Sarajevo community dedicates this program in memory of Ladino-speaking Holocaust survivor Moshe (Moris) ben David Albahari, a”h.
OPENING REMARKS
H.E. Sven Alkalaj, BiH Permanent Ambassador to the U.N. and Fmr. Foreign Minister.
A CONVERSATION WITH
President of the community H.E. Jakob Finci
Hazzan Igor Kozemjakin who serves at the historic Sarajevo synagogue
H.E. Sven Alkalaj, BiH Permanent Ambassador to the U.N. and Fmr. Foreign Minister.
A CONVERSATION WITH
President of the community H.E. Jakob Finci
Hazzan Igor Kozemjakin who serves at the historic Sarajevo synagogue
Ambassador Finci is the former BiH Ambassador to Switzerland. He is a Founding Member and President of the Interreligious Council of BiH. He is also a founder of the Jewish cultural-educational and humanitarian society “La Benevolencija”.
Hazzan Kozemjakin is a Council Member at the Council of National Minorities of Sarajevo. Board Member at “La Benevolencija” and was Sr. Advisor at the Interreligious Council of BiH.
Topics to include: community history, including the “Purim di Saray” (commemorating the events of 1819 when Sarajevo Muslims revolted against their governor to secure the release of Jewish prisoners he had held for a high ransom), interreligious relations, Ladino, Jewish life today, balancing modernity and maintaining the tradition, election reform and minorities in BiH, and a bit of hazzanut.
Community Co-Sponsors: Our Sephardic Family; Bendichas Manos, Seattle Sephardic Network; Bendigamos Amsterdam; Temple Moses, Kesher Israel Congregation; Sephardi Hebrew Congregation of Cape Town; The Generations After. Sponsor: Lev Ratnovski.