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The ceremony was organized by the local Jewish community in cooperation with the Rabbinical Center of Europe (RCE), and was attended by Israel ’s Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger and local Rabbis Yoshua Kamenetzky and Isak Asiel, along with hundreds of members of the Jewish community.

"We often speak of the necessity to protect human identity. These occasions are an opportunity to speak about the protection of not only Jewish, but the individual identity of all in Serbia," Tadic said.

Tadic lighting candles with Chief Rabbi Metzger (Photo: Belgrade Jewish community)

The president spoke of the variety of Serbian identity and about the country's diverse multi-layered society that strives to respect and protect human rights.

President Tadic also said that during the 20th century both Serbians and Jews were subject to great suffering, and that people should always stand by those who are persecuted and suffer discrimination.

Source: Ynetnews

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