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BULGARIA

THE JEWISH COMMUNITY

Jewish Community Centers in Synagogues:
Tsar Kalojan St. 15
(In the courtyard of a large apartment complex)
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
and
Ivan Vazov Sq. 4
Russe, Bulgaria
Tel : 082-270-540

 

OJB Shalom - The Jewish Organization in Bulgaria.
http://www.see-educoop.net/address/countries/bulgaria.htm
President Eddy Simon Schwarz
Aleksandur Stamboliski 50,
1303 Sofia
Tel: 2/870163
Fax: 2/870163


http://www.haruth.com/JewsBulgaria.html Jews of Bulgaria website. [October 2000]
http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/CJA/NL15-bulgaria.htm Documenting Jewish Art and Architecture in Bulgaria. [NOVEMBER 2000]
http://www.kosherdelight.com/Bulgaria.htm [August 2003]


The following information has been excerpted from the JEWISH HERITAGE TRAVEL: A Guide to East-Central Europe, by Ruth Ellen Gruber. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1992. (Pages 260-272) Compiled by Elaine B. Kolinsky
Main communities with Jewish population includes town information and photographs:
Burgas 265,272
Haskovo 265
Kjustendil 265
Pazardjik 272 Pleven 265
Plovdiv 265-266
Ruse 266-268
Samokov 268-269 Synagogue 269
Shumen 265
Sliven 265
Sofia 269-271 Synagogue 271
Stanke Dimitrov 265
Stara Zagora 265 Varna 265, 272
Vidin 272
Yampol 265

THE CEMETERIES

GIGEN:
Hebrew tombstones found near Oescus (now Gigen) are from a colony of Greek Jews from Salonika, who arrived in Sofia in the second century. Source: Freedman, Warren. World Guide for the Jewish Traveler. NY: E.P. Dutton Inc, 1984.

SOPHIA:
No. 2 tram to the last stop reaches a large Jewish cemetery. Source: The Jewish Travel Guide. London: Jewish Chronicle, 1992.



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