Jerusalem of the Balkans
Connect with the Sephardic Jewish Community of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Sarajevo community dedicates this program in memory of Moshe (Moris) Ben David Albahari.
OPENING REMARKS:
H.E. SVEN ALKALAJ, BiH Ambassador to the U.N. and Fmr. Foreign Minister.
A CONVERSATION WITH:
President of the Community H.E. JAKOB FINCI who is also the former BiH Ambassador to Switzerland. He is a Founding Member and President of the Interreligious Council of BiH. He is also a founder of the Jewish cultural-educational and humanitarian society “La Benevolencija”.
HAZZAN IGOR KOŽEMJAKIN who serves at the historic Sarajevo synagogue. He is a Council Member at the Council of National Minorities of Sarajevo. Board Member at “La Benevolencija” and was Sr. Advisor at the Interreligious Council of BiH.
SEEfest program and activities are supported, in part, by ELMA Foundation for European Movies in America, UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies , the California Arts Council, a state agency; Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture; by a grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles, Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill, and with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. We are deeply grateful for their past and current support of our programs. The Dutch film program is supported by Dutch Culture USA of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.