Jelena Đurović

Jelena Đurović
Јелена Ђуровић
Đurović in 2007
Born (1973-07-13) 13 July 1973
Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • writer
Đurović in 2015

Jelena Đurović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Ђуровић; born 13 July 1973) is a Montenegrin journalist and writer. Đurović has worked in journalism, literature, and activism within the Jewish communities of Montenegro and Serbia.[1] Đurović is a founder and former vice president of the Jewish Community of Montenegro.[2][3]

Đurović is the chairwoman of the Organization for Jewish Cooperation in Southeastern Europe. She also serves on the Board of the Montenegrin National Council in Belgrade.[4]

Career

Literary work

Đurović graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, from the Department of Theater and Radio Production. Her Bachelor's thesis, "Theatre in the shadow of the gallows" ("Pozornica u senci vešala") explored the programming policies of Belgrade theaters during the leadership of Slobodan Milošević in Serbia. [5]

Đurović's first novel, Kingdom,[6] was published in 2003, with excerpts in Voices from the Faultline, A Balkan Anthology.[7]

Her second novel, 30. Februar, was published in 2011.[8][9]

Journalism

In 1994 and 1995, Đurović worked at Studio B, a Belgrade based radio station,[10] as the author and editor of the weekly radio show Time In, sponsored by the Soros Fund. In 2005, Đurović launched the AgitPop blog, an early Serbian platform combining pop culture and political commentary.[11] Concurrently, Đurović wrote for several Serbian newspapers and magazines,[12][13] and joined the editorial team of Novi Radio Beograd.[14][15]

Starting in March 2012, her radio show Agitpop was broadcast on the Serbian national radio station B92, until the station became Play Radio.[16]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Đurović and Rabbi Uri Ayalon[17] from Jerusalem collaborated on a podcast about Jewish topics titled A Rabbi and a Film Critic Walk into a Bar.[18] The show was first broadcast on Radio Melitz.[19]

Personal life

In January 2009, Đurović married Tomica Orešković.

Selected publications

  • 30. Februar (2011)[9]
  • Kingdom (2003)[6]

References

  1. ^ "Zwischen Belgrad und Podgorica". 20 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Euro-Asian Jewish Congress - New Vice president of the Jewish Community of Montenegro". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Jelena Đurović, nova potpredsjednica JZCG". Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Mirko Zečević predsjednik Crnogorske Nacionalne Zajednice Beograda (in Montenegrin)". Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  5. ^ Maljković, Dusan. "Intervju: Jelena Đurović". Gay Serbia. Archived from the original on 28 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  6. ^ a b Kraljevstvo. Aleksandrija press Beograd. January 2003. ISBN 978-86-83275-22-9.
  7. ^ "ZayuPress ... VOICES FROM THE FAULTLINE – A Balkan Anthology". Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
  8. ^ ""You cannot be half pregnant. The same goes for being Jewish"". World Jewish Congress. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  9. ^ a b Đurović, Jelena (1 October 2011). 30. februar (in Serbian). Everest Media. ISBN 9788677560126.
  10. ^ "Studio-b.rs - studio b Resources and Information". Archived from the original on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  11. ^ "A letter from Freud to Einstein | UNESCO Courier | Find Articles". 9 July 2012. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012.
  12. ^ "www.glas-javnosti.co.yu". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  13. ^ "Faar magazin / Faar magazine". Archived from the original on 17 July 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  14. ^ "togo8 เว็บสล็อตออนไลน์ที่เป็นที่นิยมที่สุด สมัครวันนี้รับโปรดี !". togo8. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009.
  15. ^ "Blic Online | Novi Radio Beograd na internetu". Archived from the original on 10 December 2008.
  16. ^ "AgitPop na radiju B92". B92.net.
  17. ^ "'No One Wants' This Level Of Violence In Jerusalem, Rabbi Says". NPR. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  18. ^ "Mixcloud".
  19. ^ https://melitz.org/melitz-radio-in-the-making/
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