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North Macedonia Jewish Community marks anniversary of deportation of Jews in Skopje, Bitola and Shtip

7,144 Macedonian Jews were deported to the Treblinka extermination camp from Skopje, Bitola, and Shtip on March 11, 1943.

Jewish community of North Macedonia celebrated the last day of Hannukah

A service was held in a synagogue in Skopje, and the candles on the Hanukkiyah were lit, the last of them by President Stevo Pendarovski.

North Macedonia Jewish Community appalled by the glorification of Nazism and Fascism in their country

The Jewish community of North Macedonia is appalled by the ease with which Nazism, fascism and hate speech are glorified in their country.

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

Rashela Mizrahi, a Jewish researcher that was appointed last year to serve for 100 days as the temporary minister of labor in her country, broke taboos after being hit by antisemitism.

President Pendarovski received Pepo Levi, the new President of the Macedonian Jewish community

President Stevo Pendarovski received Pepo Levi, the new President of the Jewish...

North Macedonian Jews: Bulgaria has moral obligation to admit responsibility for WWII atrocities

The Jewish Community of North Macedonia has reaffirmed its position in an open letter regarding the role of the Kingdom of Bulgaria in the Holocaust and the deportation of the Jews of Bulgarian-occupied Macedonia.

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