History of Jewish Macedonia
Susan Igdaloff
SONGS OF OUR PEOPLE, SONGS OF OUR NEIGHBORS: SARAH AROESTE ALBUM RELEASE
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2021 8 pm ET/5 PM PDT suggested $10 donation
Ways to watch can be found here: https://www.nmajh.org/events/songs-of-our-people-songs-of-our-neighbors-sarah-aroeste-monastir/
THE THIRD HALF
The film depicts a love story set against the tragic fate of Macedonian Jews (2011)
Available (free) Youtube
MONASTIR WITHOUT JEWS: RECOLLECTIONS OF A JEWISH PARTISAN IN MACEDONIA. Kolonomos, Jamila
Kolonomos's personal memoir recalling the fate of Monastir s Jewish Community during the Holocaust -- it is also an eyewitness account of the Jewish presence in the Yugoslav Resistance, as recalled by this highly decorated Jewish Partisan.
BENO RUSO AND ROZA KAMHI: THE YEARS MAKE THEIR OWN
Beno Ruso and Roza Kamhi were interviewed for Centropa by Rachel Chanin in 2005. This film, based on those interviews, was commissioned by The Holocaust Memorial Center of the Jews from Macedonia in Skopje, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3K6ne0RthQ&t=1233s selected references
Ahrida Synagogue of Istanbul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahrida_Synagogue_of_Istanbul
Alliance Israélite Universelle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_Isra%C3%A9lite_Universelle
Battle of Monastir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Monastir
Berger, Joseph. Casting Light on Little-Known Story of Albania Rescuing Jews From Nazis https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/19/world/europe/casting-light-on-little-known-story-of-albania- rescuing-jews-from-nazis.html\
Cepreganov. T. The Balkan Wars As A Reason For Migration Of Jews From Macedonia (2015) https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/14526/10/T.Ch..pdf
History of the Jews in Monastir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Monastir
History of the Jews in North Macedonia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_North_Macedonia
Leo II Mung https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_II_Mung Liphshiz, Cnaan. North Macedonia’s first Jewish lawmaker breaks taboos, is hit with antisemitism (6/8/2021) https://www.timesofisrael.com/north-macedonias-first-jewish-lawmaker-breaks-taboos-is- hit-with-antisemitism/
Macedonia and Thrace https://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/microsoft%20word%20-%206633.pdf
Monastir The Story of a Jewish Sephardic Community in Macedonia. https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/communities/monastir/index.asp
North Macedonia Virtual Jewish History Tour. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/macedonia-virtual- jewish-history-tour
Ovadiah, Asher .Ancient Jewish Communities in Macedonia, Thrace and Upper Epirus (2015) https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/38836797.pdf
Sadikario, Avram Preserving Jewish memory - Bringing history to life https://www.centropa.org/biography/avram-sadikario
Stojkovski, Bojan. North Macedonia’s First Jewish Minister Fired After Using Country’s Old Name (2/21/2020) https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium-north-macedonia-s-first-jewish- minister-fired-after-using-country-s-old-name-1.8561541
Timeline of the History of Macedonia http://www.historyofmacedonia.org/ConciseMacedonia/timeline.html
YUGOSLAVIA https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/yugoslavia