The Rosh Hashana 5770  Sunday, September 20, 2009 and the second day of Rosh Hashana, was the day when more then 50 members of our kehila with their relatives and friends gathered to celebrate the beginning of the new year 5770. We welcomed the New Year 5770 starting from Friday...

Commemoration Ceremony and meeting of the Žilina natives 2009  The annual meeting of Žilina Jewish natives and their relatives, organized by the Jewish religious community, took place on June 27, 2009 in Žilina. The next day the commemoration ceremony was held to pay a tribute for those who perished in...

Sunday April 5, 2009 – Nisan 12, 5769, was the date of the annual Pesach meeting of our kehila in Zilina. Festive Pesach dinner took place in hotel Slovan, as it did the last year. How was this night different? Well, rabbi Stiefel from Piestany took part and his presence...

The city of Zilina paid tribute and honored nine extraordinary people, Zilina natives, that have contributed to development of the city and represented Zilina in many different ways. The celebration, held on January 16, 2009 in the city concert hall Fatra, completed historical year 2008, the year of 800th anniversary...

Please be informed that Commemoration Ceremony and meeting of the Žilina natives 2009 will take place: Saturday June 27,2009:  1. Lecture: "Sight of the former times of upper Vah Jews" by Katarina Hollander, Zurich in the synagogue at Dlabacova 15, at 3:30 pm. 2. Meeting of the Žilina natives at...

Ner Micva – the festival of Lights – Chanukah, is yet another traditional occasion, when we meet to celebrate and chant together Chanukah songs. This years Chanukah party took place on December 21, 2008 – Kislev 24, 5769 right on the first day of this eight-day long holiday. More you...

It has been twenty years since the last public worship took place in our small Jewish community in Zilina. Rebe Zev Stiefel from Piestany took an opportunity of the High Holidays time (Rosh ha shana, Yom kipur …) and held a religious service for us. The meeting took place in...

Speech of the Head of Jewish religious community at the commemoration ceremony for the victims of holocaust

The annual meeting of Žilina Jewish natives and their relatives, organized by the Jewish religious community, took place on June 28, 2008 in Žilina. The next day the commemoration ceremony was held to pay a tribute for those who perished in the Nazi concentration camps and during persecutions. More you...