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 , 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 . 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