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Bulgarian Jewish organisation joins condemnation of shooting attack near synagogue in Halle

October 9, 2019October 11, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria “Shalom” has expressed its condemnation of the fatal shooting attack near a synagogue

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Bulgarian Foreign Minister holds talks with head of American Jewish Committee

September 28, 2019September 30, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgaria’s active co-operation with the American Jewish community has an important role to play, both in the development of bilateral

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Bulgaria’s first new Jewish school in decades, named for Ronald S Lauder, opens in Sofia

September 16, 2019September 20, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

September 15 was a happy and historic day for the children of the Bulgarian Jewish community as the country’s first

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Celebrations as Sofia Central Synagogue marks 110th anniversary

September 15, 2019September 18, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

Sofia Central Synagogue was the scene of celebrations on the evening of September 14 as the landmark building in Bulgaria’s

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Bulgarian authorities probe new case of sale of Nazi memorabilia in Sozopol

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

A complaint by a foreign citizen about the sale of Nazi memorabilia in Bulgaria’s Black Sea resort town Sozopol is

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Bulgarian Jewish organisation rejects Russian historian’s claim Tsar and government prevented Holocaust in Bulgaria

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

Bulgarian Jewish organisation “Shalom” has sharply rejected a claim by Russian historian Konstantin Mogilevskiy that there was no Holocaust in

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Central Synagogue in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia celebrating 110 years since inauguration

September 8, 2019September 15, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews, Sofia

September 9 marks the 110th anniversary of Sofia Central Synagogue, the building that is the spiritual home of the Bulgarian

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Petition smears Jewish deputy head of Bulgaria’s ethnic integration council

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews

An online petition is using false allegations to seek the resignation of Maxim Benvenisti, a member of the executive board

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Infighting mars battle in Bulgaria against antisemitism

August 18, 2019August 23, 2019 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgarian Jews

From the annual Lukov March to online abuse to vile graffiti and the sale of Nazi memorabilia in tourist resorts,

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