Jews in the Balkans: InTERnaTIonaL History, Religion, Culture ConFEREnCE This international conference will refl ect the di- The conference is organized by the Moses Men- delssohn Centre for European-Jewish Studies (Uni- versity and dynamism of Jewish life in the Balk- address of the conference: ans, where Jews, especially before World War II, versity of Potsdam) and the Faculty of Humanities University of Split, Faculty of played an important role in its social, cultural and and Social Sciences (University of Split). Humanities & Social Sciences economic development. In some areas, such as in It is supported by the Moses Mendelssohn Foun- the Macedonian city of Bitola, in Thessaloniki or dation Erlangen & Berlin, the Faculty of Humanities Poljana kraljice Jelene 1, in the Croatian-Dalmatian city of Salona, Jews had and Social Sciences (University of Split) and the Je- 21000 Split been living since Ancient Roman times. During the wish Community of Split. Inquisition, Sephardic Jews from Spain and Portu- Scientifi c coordination: gal settled in what was then the Ottoman Empire, Martina Bitunjac whereas Ashkenazi Jews took up residence mainly in Slovenia and . A vibrant Jewish life de- Moses Mendelssohn Centre for veloped especially in larger cities where Jews esta- European-Jewish Studies, Potsdam blished religious communities and various cultural, Tel.: 0049-331-28094-20 athletic and humanitarian organizations. [email protected] The conference offers a great opportunity to deepen historical knowledge about life, thoughts, activities and roles of Jews in the Balkans in times Logistic coordination: Jews in the Balkans: of war and peace. Scholars from Macedonia, Koso- Jelena Novaković History, Religion, Culture vo, Croatia, Serbia, Italy, Israel, Germany, Austria, University of Split, Faculty of Greece, Spain, Great Britain and the USA will dis- Humanities & Social Sciences cuss new fi ndings. Offi ce for Research & International May 8 – 10, 2017 Cooperation Tel.: 00385-021-552-561 university of Split, Croatia [email protected] Monday May 8, 2017 Panel II 10:30–12:00 Coffee break 16:30 Panel VIII 14:00–15:30 Jewish Communities between Social Participation Jewish Life after the Shoah and the Cold War Panel V 16:45–18:00 Chair: Olaf Glöckner (Potsdam) Jewish City tour through Split 14:00 and Animosity Chair: Marijan Buljan (Split) Meeting point: In front of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Expressions of Jewishness in Art and Culture Chair: Giuseppe Motta (Rome) ➢ Aleksandar Manojlovski (Skopje) The Jewish Religious Sciences (Poljana kraljice Jelene 1) ➢ Ivan Matijević (Split) The Jewish Community in Salona Community in Skopje in Search of Deported Jews from Macedonia ➢ Jasmina Huber (Düsseldorf) Jewish Topics and Musical Motives in in March 1943 Announcing a Project: Exposure and Registration 16:00 ➢ Yaron Harel (Tel Aviv) the Compositions of Marko Aaron Rothmüller Preservation of the Jewish Cemetery in Bitola ➢ Andrijana Perković-Paloš (Split) Jews in Croatia during the 1990s ➢ Martina Bitunjac (Potsdam) Jewish Artists during the Shoah – Welcome 17:00 ➢ Giuseppe Motta (Rome) Romanian Nation-Building and the Jewish between Exile and Resistance ➢ Dona Danon (Zagreb) Adaptation of two Generations of Zagreb Question. Reality and Perception of the Jewish Communities in Jews to Post-Socialism and the New Croatian Nation-State ➢ Šimun Anđelinović (Rector of the University of Split) Romania (1878–1940) ➢ Klaus-Jürgen Hermanik (Graz) The film “When day breaks” – a visual lieu de mémoire for the Yugoslav Jewry ➢ Shlomo Shpiro (Tel Aviv) Relief and Rescue: Jewish Communities ➢ Zina Kalay Kleitman (Ambassador of the State of Israel in Croatia) ➢ Dragana Stojanović (Belgrade) Working with the Culturally during the Wars in Former Positioned Women’s Roles: an Organized Contribution of ➢ Aleksandar Jakir (Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Jewish Women of Belgrade within the Jewish Community and Sciences, University of Split) Coffee break 15:30 in the Wider Society Wednesday May 10, 2017 ➢ Julius H. Schoeps (Director of the Moses Mendelssohn Centre for Panel IX 15:45–17:15 European-Jewish Studies, Potsdam) Lunch 12:00-13:30 Panel VI 9:00–10:30 Greek Jewry in the post-Shoah Era Chair: Martin Arndt (Zagreb) ➢ Ana Lebl (President of the Jewish Community of Split) Panel III 13:30–15:00 Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Chair: Andrijana Perković Paloš (Split) Greek Jewry in Dire Straits Judaism and Literature ➢ Philip Carabott (London) Keynote speech Chair: Yaron Harel (Tel Aviv) ➢ Milivoj Dretar (Ludbreg) Anti-Semitism in Ludbreg ➢ Alexandra Patrikiou (Athens) The Tortu(r)ous Paths of Property ➢ Ivo Goldstein (University of Zagreb) Was there a Jewish Yugoslav Sephardi Literary Legacy of the Rabbi Restitution in Salonika ➢ Katja Šmid (Madrid) ➢ Aleksandar Jakir (Split) Anti-Semitism in Yugoslavia (1918–1941) Community? Some Reflections on Past and Present Ya'acob ben Yosef Yisrael from Monastir ➢ Dimitrios Varvaritis (Vienna) Greek-Jewish Readings of ➢ Aleksandar Stojanović (Belgrade) & Mladenka Ivanković (Belgrade) “Old Sepharidic Ballads” sung by the Antisemitism in Greece, 1945–1960s Opening of the Exposition “Jews in Split” 19:30 ➢ Simona Delić (Zagreb) Anti-semitic Propaganda and Legislature in Serbia 1939–1942 Rabbi Moritz Levy in Madrid before the Second World Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences ➢ Anna Maria Droumbouki (Berlin) „We are not beggars War ➢ Leon Saltiel (Thessaloniki) in Thessaloniki and nor do we ask for anybody’s charity“: Greek Jewry on German the Actions of the Red Cross Compensation(s) ➢ Krinka Vidaković-Petrov (Belgrade) Jacob Musafia: A Judeo- Spanish Account of Travel to the Middle East from Yugoslavia (1930) Coffee break 10:30 Tuesday May 9, 2017 Concluding remarks 17:15–17:45 ➢ Michael Studemund-Halévy (Hamburg) The Predominance of Sefardic Women in the Post-Shoah Judezmo Literature in Bulgaria Panel VII 10:45–12:15 Panel I 9:00–10:15 Jewish Resistance in the Balkans Jews between Occident and Orient in the Modern Age Coffee break 15:00 Chair: Julius H. Schoeps (Potsdam) Chair: Ivo Goldstein (Zagreb) Religious Life during the Holocaust – Panel IV 15:15–16:30 ➢ Kotel DaDon (Zagreb) ➢ Zrinka Podhraški Čizmek (Split) & Naida-Mihal Brandl (Zagreb) a Spiritual Resistance Jews as a Building Factor of Adriatic and Mediterranean Worlds in Jews as Transmitters of Political, Cultural the 18th Century and Religious Transfer ➢ Miloš M. Damjanović (Pristina) The Participation of Kosovo- Chair: Shlomo Shpiro (Tel Aviv) Metohijan Jews in Anti-Fascist Fighting of 1941–1945 ➢ Esther Gitman (New York) Amatus Lusitanus (Beloved of Portugal). His Life and Work (1511–1568) ➢ Haris Dajč (Belgrade) & Ljiljana Dobrovšak (Zagreb) Zionist ➢ Marijan Buljan (Split) Jewish Community of Split, with Emphasis Movements in Yugoslavia on the Activities of the Emigration Committee ➢ Vlatko Janev (Skopje) The Social and Economic Position of the Jews in Macedonia (1800–1912) ➢ Branko Ostajmer (Zagreb) Marcus Ehrenpreis – a Rabbi in ➢ Dragan Cvetković (Belgrade) The Jewish Component of the Ðakovo, 1896–1900 Yugoslav Partisan Movement – Geostatistical Analysis of Losses Coffee break 10:15 Austrian Jewish Soldiers Conquering the ➢ Dieter J. Hecht (Graz) Lunch 12:15 Balkan previous to World War I