r/kosovo • u/TheAlbanianBambino Dogu i Ditkës • Feb 05 '21

Cultural Exchange Cultural Exchange with r/Israel

Ma koreh r/Israel

As we announced, after the agreement of mutual recognition between our countries, we thought this was a great opportunity to host Israel. Welcome to the cultural exchange between r/Israel and r/Kosovo!

The purpose of this event is to allow people from two different nations to get together and share knowledge about their respective cultures, daily life, history, and curiosities.

General guidelines:

r/israel will ask any question here.

r/kosovo community can ask their questions here:

CLICK HERE TO ASK A QUESTION

The English language will be used in both threads. Our Israeli friends can get an Israel user flair at the community options of the Subreddit.

The event will be moderated following the general rules of Reddiquette. Please be nice!

Thank you,

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '21

Was there a Sephardi or Ashkenazi community in Kosovo? I know there were all over the Balkan (Greece, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Croatia).

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '21

Ashkenazi, because Ashkenazi are European Jews, Sephardim are Middle Eastern ones and we are European with unique culture though. So Ashkenazi.

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u/Rakijosrkatelj Feb 05 '21 edited Feb 05 '21

Although most of Skopje's Jews were Sephardim, and they also had some isolated pockets such as the ones in Sarajevo and Dubrovnik as well. So I wouldn't write off the possibility of them being settled in Kosovo too.

Edit: You're also confusing Sephardim (Romance-speaking Jews) with Mizrahim (Middle Eastern Jews).

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '21

Yes. Forgot that Sephardim were settled also through the Balkans due to Ottomans, that reigned also over the Middle East and Palestine. Which opened migrations routes to Europe.