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Celebrating modern miracles at Hanukkah

As Jewish people around the world mark the miraculous story of the Festival of Lights, three people relate their own wondrous experiences for the 21st century.

|ByFELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE, SARA MILLER/ THE MEDIA LINE
Hanukkah candles (illustrative)
Chief Rabbi of Montenegro Rabbi Ari Edelkopf at a Hanukkah lighting ceremony, December 21, 2022.

Montenegro President: Montenegro embodies the spirit of Hanukkah

The President of Montenegro attended a Hanukkah ceremony alongside the country's Jewish community.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
Podgorica, Montenegro

Montenegro bans Israeli tourists from entering amid coronavirus concerns

According to Montenegro's parameters, if the rate of Israel's confirmed coronavirus cases dropped below 25 cases per 100,000 citizens Israelis will be allowed to fly to Montenegro once again.

|ByCELIA JEAN
Podgorica, Montenegro

Finding the Jews Of Montenegro: One man’s mission

“The last known Jewish community was somewhere in the 17th or 18th century, comprised of Portuguese Jews running to Turkey.”

|ByFELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE

WATCH: Restoring the Hanukka light in Montenegro

The small Jewish community of Montenegro is lighting a candle to keep traditions alive.

DECEMBER 17, 2017
Podgorica, Montenegro

Jewish community of Montenegro gets first rabbi in over a century

In Podgorica, the rabbi's role will be to “convert the local Jews to Judaism.”

NOVEMBER 5, 2017
ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
Rabbi Ari Edelkopf holds a Torah scroll at one of several prayer centers set up to cater to Jewish visitors to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Russia.