Days of Israeli culture in Belgrade

A three-day festival of Israeli culture opened in the Belgrade municipality of Voždovac on Tuesday night.

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 13.10.2010.

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A three-day festival of Israeli culture opened in the Belgrade municipality of Vozdovac on Tuesday night. The opening saw performances from Belgrade's Braca Baruh Choir and Israeli folk dance company Nahar HaEsh. Days of Israeli culture in Belgrade The event was opened by Israeli Ambassador to Serbia Arthur Koll and Vozdovac Municipal President Dragan Vukanic, who said that the Serb and the Israeli people have a history of friendly relations, the municipal press office said in a statement. Vukanic pointed out that the festival should help renew the brotherhood and close ties between the two peoples. Thanking the hosts for the warm welcome, Ambassador Koll said that Serbs and Jews in Serbia have lived in peace for centuries and that the Jewish community did not always get the same treatment in other European countries. "During World War II, between 80 and 90 percent of the Jews in Belgrade and Serbia did not live to see the end of the war, but it was thanks to Serbs that some of them did. Serbs hid them in villages and mountains, and many Jews joined the Partisan movement," the Israeli ambassador said.

Days of Israeli culture in Belgrade

The event was opened by Israeli Ambassador to Serbia Arthur Koll and Voždovac Municipal President Dragan Vukanić, who said that the Serb and the Israeli people have a history of friendly relations, the municipal press office said in a statement.

Vukanić pointed out that the festival should help renew the brotherhood and close ties between the two peoples.

Thanking the hosts for the warm welcome, Ambassador Koll said that Serbs and Jews in Serbia have lived in peace for centuries and that the Jewish community did not always get the same treatment in other European countries.

"During World War II, between 80 and 90 percent of the Jews in Belgrade and Serbia did not live to see the end of the war, but it was thanks to Serbs that some of them did. Serbs hid them in villages and mountains, and many Jews joined the Partisan movement," the Israeli ambassador said.

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