 |
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| Total country population | 9,400,000 |
Core Jewish population
|
7,200 |
| Jews per total 1,000 in population | 0.77 |
| Population with a Jewish parent | 17,000 |
|
Enlarged Jewish population
|
25,000 |
|
Law of Return Jewish population
|
33,000 |
Press articles about Belarus
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Belarusians honoured by Yad Vashem for saving Jews during the Second World War
Publication:European Jewish Congress
Date:29 November 2017
Date:29 November 2017
Marc Chagall’s synagogue in Belarus is for sale to anyone willing to restore it
Publication:European Jewish Congress
Date:1 February 2021
Date:1 February 2021
Remains of Hundreds of Jews Unearthed in Nazi-era Mass Grave in Belarus
Publication:Haaretz
Date:3 March 2019
Date:3 March 2019
Belarus: Comprehensive survey of Jewish cemeteries announced
Publication:Jewish Heritage Europe
Date:26 June 2017
Date:26 June 2017
Development of Bobruisk synagogue ruins under way as anchor of open-air Jewish cultural heritage site
Publication:Jewish Heritage Europe
Date:4 June 2018
Date:4 June 2018
Ten Synagogues in Belarus: news site publishes a photo essay of a ruined landscape
Publication:Jewish Heritage Europe
Date:18 April 2019
Date:18 April 2019
Jewish cemetery in Derechin restored thanks to descendants; commemorative plaque to be mounted in May
Publication:Jewish Heritage Europe
Date:8 April 2019
Date:8 April 2019
Historic 17th century Slonim synagogue up for auction; starting price — €50,000
Publication:Jewish Heritage Europe
Date:8 June 2020
Date:8 June 2020
Slonim Synagogue update — auction cancelled; Foundation for Jewish Heritage outlines further preservation strategy
Publication:Jewish Heritage Europe
Date:19 June 2020
Date:19 June 2020
Slonim synagogue sold at auction for €9000 to a Minsk musician/children’s book author
Publication:Jewish Heritage Europe
Date:7 January 2021
Date:7 January 2021
Historic synagogue in Slonim goes up for auction December 29 — for the 4th time since June
Publication:Jewish Heritage Europe
Date:20 December 2020
Date:20 December 2020
Two more former synagogues are up for auction in Belarus — one has a starting price of only €37
Publication:Jewish Heritage Europe
Date:26 February 2021
Date:26 February 2021
Marc Chagall’s Belarus hometown celebrates first synagogue opening in a century
Publication:Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Date:3 November 2017
Date:3 November 2017
Remains of hundreds of bodies discovered at former Jewish ghetto of Brest, Belarus
Publication:Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Date:21 February 2019
Date:21 February 2019