Celebrating 10 Years of Limmud Keshet Bulgaria
Over the past 10 years, Limmud Keshet here in Bulgaria has changed significantly. Every year, we see more and more sessions – but what’s more important is that every year more and more volunteers want to be a part of …
Bulgaria: Small Jewish Community, Big Impact
I can’t say I’ve ever spent much time thinking about Jewish Bulgaria, past or present. But if I had, I probably would have made the following assumptions based on what I thought I knew about Eastern Europe: (1) Bulgarian Jews …
Rebirthing Bulgaria’s Jewish Community
A feature on JDC’s work in Bulgaria, including interviews with JDC’s Julia Dandalova and JDC Entwine Fellow Maia Ferdman.…
Purim Celebrations in Bulgaria Reverberate with Strength and Solidarity
When Jewish girls in Bulgaria dress up this week as Queen Esther, they’re not only reenacting Purim’s ancient tale of rescue – they are commemorating the fact that their own community was saved from extinction at the hands of the …
In Bulgaria, Joining Forces To Help Needy
Jews in Bulgaria and JDC are working together to fill the gaps for Jews in need…
Judafest in Bulgaria
For JDC staff member Julia Dandolova, the chance to see more than 10,000 Bulgarians pack the streets of Sofia for a daylong Jewish festival was nothing short of “breathtaking.”
The Shalom Sofia Fest — modeled after Budapest’s popular JDC-supported Judafest, …