FROM THE MID 1500S UNTIL THE HOLOCAUST BOSNIAN SEPHARDIC JEWS (ORIGINALLY FROM SPAIN) LIVED NEXT TO BOSNIAN MUSLIM NEIGHBORS. THE RECIPROCAL INFLUENCE OF JEWISH AND BOSNIAN MUSLIM CULTURE IS FOUND IN LANGUAGE, POETRY, MUSIC, FOOD, AND ARCHITECTURE.
DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION IN BOSNIA, A SMALL NUMBER OF BOSNIAN JEWS, AS WELL AS RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL ARTIFACTS WERE SAVED WITH THE HELP OF MUSLIM NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY. THE MOST FAMOUS EXAMPLE IS THE SARAJEVO HAGGADA, NOW PRESERVED IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN SARAJEVO.
IN THE 1990S, THE BOSNIAN WAR AND MUSLIM GENOCIDE IN EASTERN BOSNIA DESTROYED LIVES AND COMMUNITIES. IN SARAJEVO, A JEWISH ORGANIZATION LA BENEVOLENCIJA PROVIDED MEDICAL SUPPLIES, FOOD, AND MAIL SERVICES AND INTERNATIONAL JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDED SUPPLIES AND AID TO THOSE LIVING UNDER THE SIEGE.
DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION IN BOSNIA, A SMALL NUMBER OF BOSNIAN JEWS, AS WELL AS RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL ARTIFACTS WERE SAVED WITH THE HELP OF MUSLIM NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY. THE MOST FAMOUS EXAMPLE IS THE SARAJEVO HAGGADA, NOW PRESERVED IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM IN SARAJEVO.
IN THE 1990S, THE BOSNIAN WAR AND MUSLIM GENOCIDE IN EASTERN BOSNIA DESTROYED LIVES AND COMMUNITIES. IN SARAJEVO, A JEWISH ORGANIZATION LA BENEVOLENCIJA PROVIDED MEDICAL SUPPLIES, FOOD, AND MAIL SERVICES AND INTERNATIONAL JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDED SUPPLIES AND AID TO THOSE LIVING UNDER THE SIEGE.
