European Jewish Congress condemns arson attempt against synagogue and community centre in Skopje

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

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.

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

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 Stevo Pendarovski received Pepo Levi, the new President of the Jewish community At the meeting, President Pendarovski congratulated Pepo Levi on his appointment as President of the Jewish Community and stressed his commitment to cooperation with the Jewish community, as well as with the other religious communities in the Republic of North Macedonia, in […]

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.

The nomination of Labor and Social Policy Minister Rasela Mizrahi to head the ministry earned her heartfelt congratulations, but also some rebuke from political activists that local media termed antisemitic.

North Macedonia has dedicated a multimillion-dollar Holocaust museum in the capital Skopje that has been called one of the finest institutions of its kind.

A statement by the Government of Macedonia noted that the country had adopted the working definition of antisemitism of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) on March 6.

Macedonia is holding a second day of commemorative events to mark the 75th anniversary of the deportation of almost all of the country’s Jewish population to a Nazi death camp.

Members of the tiny Jewish community of Macedonia and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee distributed hundreds of aid packages to victims of deadly floods that forced thousands out of their homes in the Balkan nation. The Joint, or JDC, along with the Jewish Community of the Republic of Macedonia and the Holocaust Fund of […]

The Jewish Community in Macedonia observed on Friday the 73rd anniversary of the deportation of 7,148 Macedonian Jews to the Treblinka death camp. Delegations from the Jewish community, parliament, government, diplomatic corps, political parties and citizens laid flowers at the site of the Monopol transit camp. “Everyone was brought to the Monopol transit camp in […]