1 May 1995 Sarajevo: The Jewish Community Torquemada the Great Inquisitor issued a decree on the expulsion of Jews from Spain in the spring of 1492. Turkish Sultan Bayazit welcomed them with the words: “I am surprised by the Spanish kings who could throw out a people as clever as the Jews”. The first mention of Jews in Sarajevo was […]

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