Macedonia

LiDAR reveals lost capital of the Kingdom of Lyncestis in North Macedonia

A coin minted between 325 and 323 B.C. indicates the city was in use during Alexander the Great's lifetime.

 LiDAR reveals lost capital of the Kingdom of Lyncestis in North Macedonia.
 An Israeli delegation from the Sheba Medical Center being sent to North Macedonia in response to a fire at a nightclub that killed 59 people.

Israel to send medical delegation to North Macedonia after deadly fire

 The artist, his wife, Ambassador Dan Oryan and dr. Rachel-Shelly Levy-Drummer

Rekindling Jewish memories of Macedonia

North Macedonia biggest opposition party VMRO-DPMNE supporters shout slogans, April 2019

SWC endorses proposed Macedonian law banning institutions that promotes Nazism


Bulgarian club event causes diplomatic rift with North Macedonia

Located in the North Macedonian city of Bitola, the club is named after a Nazi-sympathizer hated by North Macedonia but seen as a hero in Bulgaria.

A view of Skopje, capital of North Macedonia.

Unfinished Roman-era statue found in old Macedonian capital Veria

The city, also known by the name of Berea, was once home to a Jewish community, as recounted in the Bible's New Testament.

Uncovered Hurcules statue 311

Sarah Aroeste revitalizes lost Jewish community using Sephardi music

In March 1943, Monastir’s Jews suffered genocide when the Nazis deported 98% of their people to Treblinka. None returned.

Album art by Amos Funk, elements courtesy of Sarah Aroeste

North Macedonia’s first Jewish lawmaker broke taboos, hit by antisemitism

What began as a token stint resulted in multiple diplomatic spats and the country’s worst-ever wave of public antisemitic rhetoric.

Rashela Mizrahi speaks to a colleague during a cabinet meeting in Skopje, North Macedonia, Jan. 14, 2020

Maccabi TA lights Hanukkah candles in memory of North Macedonia's Jews

The campaign was done in coordination with the the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Bitula Monstir Community Heritage Association and the Center for Jewish Impact.

Robert Zinger, Shimon Mizrahi and Dan Orin take part in the ceremony highlighting Macedonian Jewry.

Balkan countries unite against antisemitism

“The task of combating antisemitism is pressing, especially as we have seen a disturbing uptick during the pandemic," said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visiting Sudan, 2020.

Jewish Macedonian labor minister removed amid rising antisemitism

Mizrahi reportedly had said that she used the country’s old name deliberately to correct an injustice

A view of Skopje, capital of North Macedonia.

Macedonian minister receives antisemitic insults by ruling party activist

Vidana Boshkova Micevska, an adamant SDSM supporter, ethnically profiled Mizrahi on Facebook. After receiving backlash for her original antisemitic post, she countered with more hate speech.

A view of Skopje, capital of North Macedonia.

North Macedonia names Jewish cabinet minister

The nomination earned her heartfelt congratulations, but also some rebuke from political activists that local media termed antisemitic.

North Macedonia biggest opposition party VMRO-DPMNE supporters shout slogans, April 2019

Self-taught violin maker from North Macedonia wins international fame

SVETOZAR BOGDANOVSKI, a self-taught craftsman, supervises an apprentice at his shop in Veles, North Macedonia, last month

In North Macedonia unearthed headstones shed light on destroyed community

Currently, cleaners at the Bitola Jewish cemetery have unearthed only 40 percent of its estimated 10,000 headstones – weather-resistant slabs of stone, some of them dating back to the 15th century.

Exhibit at the Macedonia Holocaust Memorial Center in Skopje