Chabad Lubavitch of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Chabad-Lubavitch and Bosnia and Herzegovina: no resident emissary or centre; summer visits by Chabad rabbinical students in 2000 and 2008
| Chabad-Lubavitch in Bosnia and Herzegovina
| |
|---|---|
| Type | No resident Chabad emissary or centre (visits only) |
| Headquarters | None in the country |
| Location | Bosnia and Herzegovina (no base) |
| Area served | Sarajevo and other Jewish communities |
| Key people | None resident |
| Remarks | Visits by rabbinical students sent by Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch (2000, 2008) |
Chabad-Lubavitch in Bosnia and Herzegovina has no resident emissary, Chabad house or registered local body. No Bosnian centre appears in the movement's own directory.[1] The German Jewish weekly Jüdische Allgemeine reported in January 2026 that Chabad is "non-existent" (nicht existent) in Sarajevo, and that the community obtains kosher meat mostly from Hungary or Belgrade.[2] Hadassah Magazine reported in 2025 that Sarajevo has had no permanent rabbi since 1968 and that its community is led by its cantor, Igor Bencion Kozemjakin.[3] The only documented Chabad activity is visits by rabbinical students.
Visits
There is no resident emissary or centre.
- 2000. Chabad.org, the movement's news site, reported that two rabbinical students, Elly Andrusier and Moshe Fox, travelled in early July 2000 to Jewish communities in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Slovenia under the summer outreach programme run by Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, the movement's educational arm. In Bosnia they toured army bases and met Jewish servicemen, and visited Sarajevo.[4]
- 2008. Lubavitch.com, the movement's headquarters site, reported that two rabbinical students, Zalman Bendet and Laizer Labkowsky, were assigned to Bosnia and Serbia that summer by Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, and travelled to outlying Jewish communities to answer questions and teach classes.[5]
Relations with the state
None found.
Funding and controversies
None found.
See also
- Chabad Lubavitch of Serbia
- Chabad Lubavitch of Croatia
- Chabad Lubavitch of Montenegro
- Chabad Lubavitch of Slovenia
References
- ↑ "Europe", Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters (lubavitch.com) centres directory, accessed 23 October 2026. The country list does not include Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- ↑ Peter Bollag, "Unsichere Zukunft auf dem Balkan" (Uncertain future in the Balkans), Jüdische Allgemeine, 22 January 2026 (in German).
- ↑ Lori Silberman Brauner, "Jewish Life in the Western Balkans", Hadassah Magazine, 3 October 2025.
- ↑ "Postcard from Sarajevo", Chabad.org, 6 August 2000.
- ↑ Rebecca Rosenthal, "In Serbia, Bosnia, Jewish Numbers Dwindling, Say Chabad Rabbis", Lubavitch.com, 28 August 2008.