Baruh at the JKC

he Serbian-Jewish Singing Society “Braća Baruch” organized an annual concert at the Jewish Cultural Center in Dorćol, the old Jewish quarter in Belgrade. The musical meeting of old and new members of the choir was conducted by Stefan Zekic. Among the rich repertoire were, among others, the Sephardic song “Durme, …

Rossi fest

ossi Fest is an international music festival, named by the famous Jewish-Italian composer Salomone Rossi (ca.1570-1630). Rossi was a transitional figure between the late Italian Renaissance and early Baroque. His musical style was compound between a classical Renaissance and Jewish traditional texts, written in Hebrew. This combination makes him unique …

Artist association

n Thursday, December 20, 2018, at the Gallery of the Jewish Municipality of Belgrade, an exhibition of paintings by the Jewish Municipality of Belgrade and Sergej Jovanovic Association was opened by G. Josif Baruhovic, an artist, member of the Jewish municipality of Belgrade, Jasmina Klanica, MA art history and the …

Jewish cemetery monograph

book by Barbara Panic, curator of the Jewish Historical Museum in Belgrade “The Memorial-Memorial Complex of the Jewish Cemetery in Belgrade” was presented today at the Institute for the Study of Cultural Development. Vojislava Radovanović, director of the Jewish Historical Museum, introduced the book, and the author, Barbara Panic, curator …

Panonija quartet Klezmer

Roman Bugar, violin  |  Marin Bugar, violin  |  Aleksandar Stankov, viola  |  Roni Beraha, violoncello n Thursday, December 20th, 2018, in the festive hall of the Jewish community Belgrade the Pannonia string quartet has held a concert promoting their new album Klezmer music. The selection of the repertoire and the arrangement …

American dream

By Marijan David Vajda “Jewish immigrants came from the shtetls and ghettos out to Hollywood … in this magical place that had no relationship to any reality they had ever seen before in their lives, or that anyone else ever saw, they decided to create their idea of eastern aristocracy …