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http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/bulgaria/index.html A history of the Jews in Bulgaria - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Bulgaria Tips on Sephardic genealogical research: http://www.jewishgen.org/sefardsig/sources2.htm List of Bulgarian born Jews that were deported from France in the Shoah http://www.sephardicstudies.org/pdf/bulg_fran_dep.pdf For background on the country itself: "Bulgaria and Bulgarians, A Brief History" by Plamen Pavlov, Borina Publishing House Printed in the Czech Republic Website: www.borina.com Email address: www.borina@borina.com Bulgarians in pre-statehood Palestine: "Hartuv Memories" by Avraham Bechar AVRAHAM BECHAR MEMORIAL FOUNDATION c/o Zvi Givati, 24 Mahal Street, Jerusalem, 97763 Israel Published in the USA by The Afikomen Company 1503 East Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21231 The story of the founding of Hartuv in 1895 - the first Jewish Agricultural Settlement on the Judean Hills in pre-statehood Palestine. This was begun by people from various towns in Bulgaria: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartuv "A Guide to Jewish Bulgaria" by Dimana Trankova and Anthony Georgieff (Vagabond Media) http://www.vagabond.bg/jewishbulgaria/ "Dictionary of Bulgarian Jewish Surnames" is now available from Avotaynu: http://www.avotaynu.com/books/Bulgaria.htm "Bulgaria and her Jews" by Vicki Tamar plus other related books, courtesy of the Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute: http://libguides.cjh.org/genealogyguides/bulgaria Also shown on this same site, coordinates of the current Jewish community in Bulgaria: The Jews who remain in Bulgaria are represented by the Shalom Organization of Jews in Bulgaria, successor to the Social and Cultural Organization of Jews in Bulgaria. You can write to the Shalom Organization at: Al. Stamboliisky 50, Sofia Phone: 359-288-46-93, Fax: 359-287-0163 In 1949, there was mass immigration of Bulgarian Jews, arranged by the Jewish Agency which paid 60 US dollars per capita. During the period October 1948 - June 1949, 90% of the Bulgarian Jewry immigrated to Israel. This group of Jewish immigrants to Israel (50,000) included a large number of academicians, many physicians, lawyers etc. After 1-2 years of adaptation they all appear to have suceeded. The remaining 10% were very old people who couldn't bear the travel, families where someone was very ill or families where the couples were mixed - one Christian, one Jewish. This last category (mixed marriages) formed 5-7% of those who remained in Bulgaria. |
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