Israel
"Greater Israel": What the Israeli right-wingers dream of
Proponents of Israel's settlement policy claim all of historic Palestine, or Eretz Israel, as they call it - the divine promise
History teaches us
How King Peter honored the Jewish people
In May 1907, it was written in the newspaper, King Petar I did the highest kindness of a European ruler to his Jewish subjects in the thousand-year history of this nation: "to his brothers the Serbs Moisijevci" he laid the foundation stone of a new synagogue
Great Britain
Attack outside a synagogue in Manchester: Two killed, police shoot attacker
The incident, which took place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, is said to have ended after the man believed to be the perpetrator was shot dead by police.
Conference of European Rabbis
Rabbis do not come to Sarajevo: What stirred up passions in Bosnia?
The sudden cancellation of the Conference of European Rabbis in Sarajevo caused sharp polemics in the public, from condemnations of anti-Semitism to moral demands for solidarity with the Palestinians. And while the organizers talk about the loss for the city, some officials claim that the rally was not a "message of peace" but an attempt to legitimize Israeli crimes in Gaza
Spirit of the times: Josif Brodsky (1)
"What a biography they write with our Rije!"
The life and connections of an American citizen and a Russian poet and a Jew, born 85 years ago, an incomplete elementary school student, a metal apprentice, an assistant pathologist and geologist, a poet who was a victim of an ideological turn and political literary intrigues, he was tried twice, twice placed in an insane asylum, attempted suicide because of love, for parasitism was sentenced to five years of exile with community service, which a tractor driver on the Danilovsky collective farm did not appreciated as well as a song about it, enjoyed respect in the village of Norenska as an exile who rose up, "voluntarily" obtained a visa without the right to return and meet his parents, achieved a university career, won the Nobel Prize, was a poetic pop star, loved by women, loved cats, smoked a lot, died at 56 - and was buried for the second time in Venice, still a little far from Ezra Pound
A story from life
The accountant who bought a Ferrari
Sol Kerzner, the son of Russian Jews who moved to South Africa, decided one day that he wanted a new life. He became the owner of a chain of hotels, two of which are located in Montenegro
History
Sport in Nazi Germany: Ideology and Propaganda
What importance did sport have for the Nazis? Why did they change their attitude towards the Olympics and what sporting opportunities did Jews have in the Third Reich?
History
Goebbels' mansion could become a place of anti-hate education
The European Jewish Organization is interested in the Goebbels Villa, whose intention is to turn this love nest of one of the key people of Nazi Germany into an educational center against the spread of hatred.
Fashion and politics
Adidas apologizes for controversial campaign with Bella Hadid
The controversy was caused by the fact that Hadid is of Palestinian origin, and she promoted the campaign to mark the Olympic Games, where 11 Israeli coaches and athletes and one German policeman were killed in a terrorist attack by the Palestinian militant group Black September.
The war in Gaza
Approved plan to recruit ultra-orthodox Jews into the Israeli army
Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Galant has approved a plan to begin recruiting ultra-Orthodox Jews into the Israeli army, a move that will further strain relations in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's already divided ruling coalition.
The war in Gaza
Protests by ultra-orthodox Jews about going to the army
Tens of thousands of ultra-orthodox Jews demonstrated in Jerusalem, sometimes violently, against a court ruling that obliges them to serve in the military. The protests could threaten Prime Minister Netanyahu's coalition
Croatia
The heirs of the martyred Jews are still waiting for the return of their property
During and after World War II, Jews in Croatia were mostly left without their property. Their heirs are still fighting for the return of their property
Society
How do Jews live in Belgrade during the war in the Middle East
In Belgrade, where almost all important Jewish institutions in Serbia are located, prominent members of the Jewish community also talk about whether they feel safe in their country.
Polemika
Criticism of the state of Israel is not anti-Semitism
Is it about "new" or "old" or "eternal" anti-Semitism these days? The question can be asked differently: what caused the new waves of insults against Jews and deadly threats that were publicly expressed in many Western democracies? And how to distinguish them from legitimate criticism of the Jewish state and its policies
The Middle East Crisis
Israel: Hamas expected to release 50 hostages
The realization of what was allegedly already agreed upon is expected every hour: that Hamas release 50 hostages, and that Israel in return cease fire for five days and release a certain number of Palestinian prisoners from prison.
Germany
Rabbi and imam visit schools together
Ender Cetin is a Muslim imam and Elias Dry is a Jewish rabbi. They have been attending Berlin schools together for seven years, and after the outbreak of war in the Middle East, the invitations to come to a school intensified.
Column
Kristallnacht anniversary: Never again?
85 years ago, on the night of November 10, 1938, around 1300 Jews were killed throughout Germany, around 30.000 were arrested or deported to concentration camps, and 1406 Jewish temples and organizations were burned. The fire services were ordered to intervene only if the fire threatens to spread to wider areas, and the police not to interfere. Several thousand shops owned by Jews were broken into and stolen. It was the beginning of the holocaust
Comment
Israel's War Against Hamas: Bidding on Dead and Pain
The number of Israelis killed has started to stagnate, the number of Palestinians killed is increasing hour by hour. One death began to overshadow another in the media. And so thousands of times
War in Israel
France: Zero tolerance for anti-Semitism
Authorities in France have banned pro-Palestinian demonstrations amid European fears that the bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas could fuel anti-Semitism.
Column
How I became a Jew again
My parents were atheists, that's how I was raised in Banat. I was a Yugoslav. I only felt Jewish when the Nazis put me in concentration camps because of my origin, neither before nor after that. And then on Saturday, October 7, something happened in me
Inheritance
A big, invisible stumbling block
Of the 76 synagogues that existed in Vojvodina before 1941, only a few have survived to this day, and only three are still in operation. Jewish cemeteries are mostly destroyed or completely neglected, however, in a few villages and towns, some local non-Jews voluntarily maintain them.
Fragments of growing up
In the new double issue: We love being neutral!
In 1940, as if out of the blue, the so-called Korošč laws on Jews were passed and my father introduced me to them with the conclusion that I should study even better. I didn't know how to do it because I already had all fives and I didn't see the terrible clouds coming unstoppably from the west. Yes, at that time there was already a big war going on somewhere, but in our country the people from Beća naively sang "Alay vole we are neutrals!"
Personal attitude
Kosovo is not Serbian Jerusalem
Despite decades of terrorist attacks and threats, Jews continue to inhabit the desert areas around Jerusalem in the belief that they should live there. Many consider their existence on that earth to be their life's mission. Serbs have similar feelings towards Kosovo as Jews towards Jerusalem, but they behave differently
Society
The Beginning of Hanukkah: The Feast of Freedom and Light
Hanukkah is celebrated in memory of the three-year war of liberation, that is, the liberation of Jerusalem in 165 BC, when "the lamp was lit again and the idols were thrown out of the Temple." During the eight days of this holiday, Jewish families light eight candles on an eight-branched candlestick
I remember
Renovation of the Memorial Center: New events at the Old Fairground
It's good that after so many decades at the Old Fairground, I guess, something will start to be built. I don't know if the private individuals who had expanded there have already been evicted. There was also one of the headquarters of the party whose president is Aleksandar Vučić. There was also a restaurant that, in addition to everything else, also served bloody steaks
The war in Ukraine
Sergey Lavrov: Juggling "denazification"
The attempt to justify Russian aggression made the first man of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, the target of criticism from the Jewish community, because by juggling the term "denazification" he mocked, in the eyes of Israel, the victims of the Holocaust. However, the Russian side did not accept the criticism and continued in the same tone
Gilet
Jews and us: 500 years in Belgrade
Jews, together with Serbs, are one of the first inhabitants of Belgrade. However, few people know that they settled here 500 years ago. And the work on the "Staro sajmište" Memorial Center, the camp from which Jews were en masse forced to die, will begin, perhaps, only next year