April 2018 was another eventful month for the Bulgarian Jewish community and the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria "Shalom", especially with the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel and the marking of Yom Hazikaron and Yom HaShoah. Even before the month began,...

The section on anti-Semitism in Bulgaria in the US State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor on Human Rights Practices for 2017 does not accurately convey the position of the Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria "Shalom". The report, released on April 20 2017, states: "The Organization of...

The year 2018 sees major anniversaries: 75 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, seventy years since the founding of the State of Israel. March this year has seen a series of events commemorating another 75th anniversary, of the rescue of the Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust. As World Jewish Congress...