ONE SPIRIT TWO NATIONS Conference to Commemorate the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and St. Sava Day

Zoom Conference, in English January 27, 2021 at 13:30 () 14:30 (Jerusalem)

Opening Panel The Fate of Two Nations in WWII

A short film WWII from Belgrade

Greetings: Mr. Nikola Selakovic, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of *(tbc) Mr. Yehiel Tropper, Minister of Culture of the State of Israel Prof. Dr. Bojan Tubic, Assistant Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, full professor of Law Faculty of University of Novi Sad H.E. Yahel Vilan, Ambassador of the State of Israel to Serbia

Opening: Prof. Yuval Elbashan, Dean, The Multicultural Campuses in Jerusalem, Ono Academic College: “Are We All Children of the Holocaust? The Universality of the Lessons to be Learnt" A short film WWII from Jerusalem

Lectures: Prof. Gideon Greif, Historian, Faculty of Humanities, Ono Academic College: "The Fate of Two Nations in World War II - The Jewish People and the Serbian People" Academician Ljubodrag Dimic, Historian, Philosophical Faculty of , Member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU): “Genocide on Serbs in WWII”

Q & A: Students from Israel and Serbia

Closing Panel The Two Nations Before and After WWII

Prof. Dr. Sima Avramovic, President Institutio Oratoria, Law Faculty of University of Belgrade: “Saint Sava and Rabbi Yehuda Alkalai ORATORIA Competition for Serbian and Israeli Students – Jerusalem, 2021” Presenter: Ms. Bojana Petrovic, 2019 Winner of the ORATORIA Competition at the Law Faculty of University of Belgrade: “Lies spoken, after the Truth”

Prof. Aleksandar Petrovic, Cathedra for Culture and Civilisations, Philological Faculty of University of Belgrade: "From Saint Sava to the Balfour Declaration and its Recognition: Why Serbia Was the First" Ambassador Dr. Ljiljana Nikšić. MFA RS, Coordinator of Serbian-Israeli Academic Cooperation. Presentation of Diplomatic Diary: “The Return of Saint Sava to the Holy Land – 790 Years after His First Pilgrimage in 1229” Dr. Isaac Herzog, Faculty of Law, Ono Academic College: "How World Wars Have Shaped Our Legal Systems and Redefined Our National Narratives, and Why It Matters" Prof. Dr Milo Lompar, Cathedra for and Literature, Philological Faculty of University of Belgrade: “Serbian Identity” Academician Gabriella Schubert, Collegium Europeum Jenense from Yenna University, Germany, Foreign member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU): “Vuk Karadzic Stefanovic, Goethe and Grimm Brothers on Serbian poetry” Mr. Ronen Shnidman, freelance journalist from Israel: “Serbia- the Cradle of Modern Zionism” Mr. Michael Freund, President of Israel – Serbia Association, Jerusalem: “Serbian-Jewish Unity in Diversity”

Final Remarks: Prof. Tova Hartman, Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Ono Academic College Prof. Dr. Branislav Ristivojevic, Dean, Law Faculty, University of Novi Sad

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