Macedonia

Ashab al-Yamin claimed responsibility for Skopje, Munich attacks on Jewish sites

Surveillance footage published last Sunday by Israeli Ambassador to North Macedonia Vivian Aisen showed two men climbing a fence before dousing a building with an accelerant.

Synagogue targeted in first such arson attack in modern N. Macedonian history, April 12, 2026.
Synagogue targeted in first such arson attack in modern N. Macedonian history, April 12, 2026.

Synagogue targeted in first such arson attack in modern N. Macedonian history

MP RASHELA Mizrahi (third from left) stands alongside Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana during the visit to the Knesset of the North Macedonian parliamentary delegation.

North Macedonia MP Rashela Mizrahi brings solidarity message to Israel during parliamentary visit

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu (R) and North Macedonian Ambassador to Israel Mr. Shpend Sadiku (L) meet at the Knesst to discuss strengthening diplomatic ties between the two countries, January 6, 2026.

Heritage Minister Eliyahu to visit North Macedonia as gov't guest to strengthen diplomatic ties


North Macedonia’s first Jewish lawmaker broke taboos, hit by antisemitism

What began as a token stint resulted in multiple diplomatic spats and the country’s worst-ever wave of public antisemitic rhetoric.

Rashela Mizrahi speaks to a colleague during a cabinet meeting in Skopje, North Macedonia, Jan. 14, 2020

Maccabi TA lights Hanukkah candles in memory of North Macedonia's Jews

The campaign was done in coordination with the the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Bitula Monstir Community Heritage Association and the Center for Jewish Impact.

Robert Zinger, Shimon Mizrahi and Dan Orin take part in the ceremony highlighting Macedonian Jewry.

Balkan countries unite against antisemitism

“The task of combating antisemitism is pressing, especially as we have seen a disturbing uptick during the pandemic," said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visiting Sudan, 2020.

Jewish Macedonian labor minister removed amid rising antisemitism

Mizrahi reportedly had said that she used the country’s old name deliberately to correct an injustice

A view of Skopje, capital of North Macedonia.

Macedonian minister receives antisemitic insults by ruling party activist

Vidana Boshkova Micevska, an adamant SDSM supporter, ethnically profiled Mizrahi on Facebook. After receiving backlash for her original antisemitic post, she countered with more hate speech.

A view of Skopje, capital of North Macedonia.

North Macedonia names Jewish cabinet minister

The nomination earned her heartfelt congratulations, but also some rebuke from political activists that local media termed antisemitic.

North Macedonia biggest opposition party VMRO-DPMNE supporters shout slogans, April 2019

Self-taught violin maker from North Macedonia wins international fame

SVETOZAR BOGDANOVSKI, a self-taught craftsman, supervises an apprentice at his shop in Veles, North Macedonia, last month

In North Macedonia unearthed headstones shed light on destroyed community

Currently, cleaners at the Bitola Jewish cemetery have unearthed only 40 percent of its estimated 10,000 headstones – weather-resistant slabs of stone, some of them dating back to the 15th century.

Exhibit at the Macedonia Holocaust Memorial Center in Skopje

Macedonia’s Jewish heritage

Jews first arrived in the country during Roman times

Photographs of headstones in the restored Monastir cemetery

Erdogan’s “Trojan Horse” In Macedonia

The Jerusalem Post