Rashela was born and raised in Skopje, Macedonia’s capital but her family roots are from Toledo, Spain.
In an interview with European Jewish Press, Rashela Mizrahi, an important member of the Jewish community of Macedonia and the country’s first-ever Jewish government member, reported the ‘’political’’ antisemitic abuses she faced when she was fired from the cabinet last year after she appeared at a press conference with signs of the country’s previous name, Macedonia.
By Ethan Bergmann
Edited by Yossi Lempkowicz
The Republic of North Macedonia, a small country located in southeast Europe, which gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of former Yugoslavia, is home to about 200 Jews who are maintaining ties with all Jewish communities in this region, including the ones in Belgrade, Serbia, and Thessaloniki, Greece.