Jewish Cultural Centre

Ljubljana – The 8th House of Tolerance festival, this year entitled the House of Others, will open tonight with the screening of Exodus 91, a docu-narrative film about an Israeli diplomat sent to Ethiopia in 1991 to negotiate the airlift of 15,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel. The screening is to be attended by the film’s director Micah Smith.

Ljubljana/Lendava, 27 January – Slovenia is marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday with a series of events, including the laying of wreaths, exhibitions and the traditional reading of the names of Slovenian Holocaust victims. Top Slovenian officials labelled the Holocaust one of the bleakest moments in history, warned against its denial and urged tolerance.