December 14.2024 - Promotion of the 10-th edition of the JCZ activities brochure

The 10-th edition of the JCZ activities brochure was presented at the premises of our community.
Welcoming those present, the editor Nenad Fogel, thanked the City Municipality of Zemun, which financed printing, as well as most of the previous ones. He especially thanked Jugoslav Rakita, a longtime associate and member of our community, who designed all ten editions.
The introduction to the brochure was written by the president of JC Zemun and it briefly summarizes all significant events from the previous two years. The introduction was translated into English by our colleague and friend of our community, Ida Dobrijević.
On our big screen we all watched the video edition of the edition and socialized later wuth servings.

November 10, 2024 - Promotion of the novel "Hero"

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On the second day of the celebration of Kristallnacht and the jubilee birthday of Milan Fogel (77), the promotion of his new novel Hero was held. Unfortunately, Milan was prevented from participating in the promotion due to an "invisible enemy" called a virus. That's why we were deprived of the opportunity for him to tell us more about the subject of the novel. This is after the publication of the novel "The Hot Stone of the Desert", the second in a series that also talks about the relations between Israelis and Arabs, both citizens of Israel and the neighbors that surround it.
Introducing the audience to the promotion of the book Hero, the host of the program read a kind of presentation of the novel in the processing of AI, artificial intelligence. After that, he gave the floor to "natural intelligence", Dragan Stojković, which nevertheless included areas that are still not accessible to modern technology. In a very interesting presentation about the content of the novel, with a lot of comparisons with the situation in the former Yugoslavia, one got the impression that he interested the audience to read the book. In the conversation after the presentation of the novel, several attendees, those who had already had the opportunity to read the book, expressed their impressions and praised the author.
At the end of the promotion, all those present received a gift from the author of both novels published so far, The Burning Stone of the Desert and The Hero.

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October 5, 2024 - Rosh Hashanah 5785.

Despite the fact that our small community was decimated by the prevailing viruses, about thirty members gathered in our Synagogue where we celebrated the coming year 5785.

As always when we gather at celebrations, there were many stories about plans for the future work of our municipality.

September 9, 2024 - Promotion of Mihajlo Pantić's book - Albahari

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Poster

U As part of the European Heritage Days held in Zemun under the motto "ROUTES, NETWORKS AND CONNECTIONS", the Jewish Community Zemun hosted a literary evening dedicated to David Albahari. In a very interesting presentation, Mihajlo Pantić recalled his long-term friendship with David Albahari.

Nikola Salaćanin participated in the musical part.

July 28, 024 - Commemoration of the Jews of Zemun

Our members gathered at the Jewish cemetery in Zemun on the occasion of marking the anniversary when the Jews of Zemun were arrested and taken to Jasenovac and Stara Gradiška camps on July 27, 1942. Most never returned to their homes.
In front of our community, our members Dragoslav Beherano and Ana Altman laid a wreath at the monument to the victims.

May 19, 2024 - The Regular JCZ Assembly held

In the shadow of Israel's war against the terrorist organization Hamas, the Regular Annual Assembly of the Jewish Community of Zemun held.
After the adoption of the agenda, the Assembly considered the proposed items. The joint report on the work of the JCZ in 2023 was adopted unanimously.

April 28, 2024 - Sixth day of Pesach at the JCZ

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The JCZ members celebrated the Sixth Day of Pesach and the salvation of the Jewish people from Egypt. On the eve of the parting of the Red Sea and the final transition to a new homeland, we are wondering when we in Zemun will be "freed" from the yoke that has been imposed by interest groups in the Federation for seven years.

Unfortunately, the state is silent on all the happenings in our community.

April 13, 2024 - Aleksandar Nećak was a guest at the school in Mladenovac

Member of our community, Aleksandar Nećak, was a guest at the "Momčilo Živojinović" elementary school from Mladenovac. On that occasion, he donated several editions of the Jewish community of Zemun to the library and held a lecture.

April 10, 2024 - Decoration of the JCZ ceremonial hall

We managed to "expand" the small space of our ceremonial hall with the help of maximum use of all the possibilities that were available to us. The reason for the small decoration was the desire to highlight the artworks of our member Jove Đorđević. As of today, his sculptural works are exhibited in a protected shelf with glass doors.
A panel with ID cards of the surviving members of the Jewish community of Zemun during the Holocaust is located on a large sliding door. As of today, 63 ID cards are available for all visitors to pick up and learn about the fate of the survivors.
This year we plan to publish the Catalog of our activities for 2023 and 2024. For the purposes of promoting the new catalog, we created a special shelf for ten catalogs. An empty place, waiting for December when the new, tenth anniversary catalog will be published.

April 3, 2024 - Graffiti on the our building painted over

Over the past few days, contractors have painted over the existing graffiti on the facade of our building at Dubrovačka 21. Part of the facade was painted with a similar color as the painted facade of the building where there is a memorial plaque dedicated to the memory of the construction of the Sephardic synagogue and 575 of our members who died in the Holocaust.
In order to prevent the writing of new graffiti, we coated the paint with an anti-graffiti mixture, which implies that new graffiti can be washed off with water.

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March 24, 2024 - The JCZ marked Purim

In the shadow of the war against Hamas, the Jewish community of Zemun celebrated the joyful holiday of Purim without much joy. Our thoughts were directed towards the abducted citizens of Israel by Hamas.

The wish of all those present was to return to their loved ones as soon as possible, with the message that there should be no celebration while they are in captivity.

March 24, 2024- Commemorating the laying of the foundation stone for the Sephardic synagogue

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About thirty of our members gathered today in front of the memorial plaque to remember a great date in the history of the small Jewish community in Zemun.

The laurel wreath was placed under the memorial plaque by the joint efforts of Marko Janković, the secretary of the City Municipality of Zemun, and Nenad Fogel, the president of the JO Zemun.

March 13, 2024 - The JCZ planted a tree at the Memorial Forest of Israeli-Serbian Friendship

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On the occasion of commemorating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the modern state of Israel, at the invitation of the Israeli Embassy, the Jewish Community Zemun, with the joint efforts of Nenad Fogel and Aleksandar Nećak, planted a black pine tree in the memorial park called the Forest of the Future.