Jedidija Edija Buli

Jedidia Edija Buli (Serbian Cyrillic: Једидија Едија Були; Belgrade, 1834 - Vienna, 2 September 1907) was the first prominent member of the Sephardic Buli family of Belgrade. He was a merchant and banker by profession, and in addition he was the president of the Jewish Sephardic community. In 1880 he was appointed a deputy of the Serbian National Assembly, which was the first time that a Jew was appointed a deputy. He was awarded many times for his meritshttps://www.google.ca/books/edition/Do_kona%C4%8Dnog_re%C5%A1enja/7S44AAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Jedidija+Edija+Buli%22+-wikipedia&dq=%22Jedidija+Edija+Buli%22+-wikipedia&printsec=frontcover
== Biography ==
Jedidija Buli, known as Edija, was born in Belgrade in 1834, as the son of Jakov Buli. He was a merchant and banker by profession. Thanks to his successful business and social engagement, he enjoyed great respect. He was the first prominent member of the Buli family, but other family members did not lag behind him. Edija married twice. In his first marriage he had a son Bencion Buli (1867-1933), and in his second marriage sons Hugo Buli (1875–1942), Moric Buli (1876—1936) and Žaka and daughter Sofija.cite book | last1 = Daković | first1 = Nevena | last2 = Mitrović | first2 = Biqana | title = Graničnici sećanja: jevrejsko nasledje i Holokaust | date = 2018 | publisher = Savez jevrejskih opština Srbije | location = Beograd | isbn = 978-86-88113-13-7 | pages = 97-114 | url = http://jevrejskadigitalnabiblioteka.rs/bitstream/id/2177/BOO2210dakovicmonibuli.pdf | access-date=8 May 2021 | chapter = MONI BULI: PICTURES AND WORDS OF THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY He died on 2 September 1907 in Vienna and was buried four days later in the Sephardic Cemetery in Belgrade.
The Buli family is mentioned in the list of "Arab heads" (taxpayers) in 1826. Jakov "Bulij", who was undoubtedly a member of the Buli family, is mentioned as one of the Belgrade Jews, living in Dorcol.https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Zbornik_Jevrejski_istorijski_muzej_Beogr/zYYLAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Jedidija+Edija+Buli&dq=Jedidija+Edija+Buli&printsec=frontcoverIstorijski arhiv Beograda | location = Beograd | page=339cite web |last1=Bačko |first1=Aleksandar | title=STARE BEOGRADSKE PORODICE - BULI | url =https://porodicnoporeklo.wordpress.com/2019/03/16/%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5-%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B5-%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8/ |website=FAMILY ORIGIN |access-date=8 May 2021 |date=16 March 2019 The Buli household was one of the most prominent Sephardic families in Belgrade. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they participated in the creation of social and political life in Belgrade. harvnb | Rožman | 2017 | p = 8 Assembly of Serbia. Edija's wife Merkuša Buli (1834—1934) was one of the founders of Jewish Women's Society (1874), the first women's association founded in Serbia in general.cite journal |last=Filipović | first = Jelena | last2 = Vučina Simović | first2 = Ivana | title = PHILANTHROPY AND EMANCIPATION AMONG SEPHARDIC WOMEN IN THE BALKANS IN TIMES OF MODERNITY | journal = Journal of Sefardic Studies |year=2013 | volume = 1 | url = http://sefarad-studies.org/image/users/136725/ftp/my_files/Jelena%20Filipovic%20and%20Ivana%20Vucina%20Simovic-1.pdf?id=12629532|publisher=Society for Sefardic Studies |access-date=14 September 2016 |pages=78–95 |archive-date=3 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403163040/http://sefarad-studies.org/image/users/136725/ftp/my_files/Jelena%20Filipovic%20and%20Ivana%20Vucina%20Simovic-1.pdf?Id=12629532 | url-status = dead}} She was its president from 1894 to 1912. name ="Rožman">{{harvnb | Rožman | 2017 | p = 17-18
The eldest son, Bencion, was a banker, an MP in the Serbian Parliament and a philanthropist. He made a great contribution to Serbian banking and trade. During the Great War, he founded the centres of reception of Serbian refugees in Niš, Skopje and Thessaloniki with his own funds. He left part of his legacy Testament to the University of Belgrade, the Jewish Sephardic community and numerous Jewish societies. He was awarded many times for his contribution in many spheres of Serbian society. A park in Dedinje, in the Belgrade municipality of Savski Venac, bears his name.harvnb | Rožman | 2017 | p = 18-20
Hugo Buli was an important figure for the development of sports in Serbia, especially Football. Among other things, in 1896 he brought the first Soccer ball to Serbia. He was a member of the Sokół|Sokol Gymnastics movement in Serbia and one of the founders and promoters of the ball sections in 1896. Together with Gustav Pfeiffer, he led the first football match played in Belgrade. name="Rožman 21">harvnb | Rožman | 2017 | p = 21
Moritz Buli was a doctor Bacteriology. At the invitation of the Serbian government, he took part in the suppression of a Plague in the village of Urovica near Obrenovac, in the spring of 1910. During the Balkan Wars, he worked as a doctor at the Drina Division's Field Hospital. In the Great War, as a hospital bacteriologist, he participated in the suppression of Typhoid fever in Niš. After the war, he advocated the construction of a modern water supply system in Belgrade. He participated in the formation of the bacteriological service in Belgrade. Thanks to his engagement, a bacteriological laboratory for water testing was built. Based on his drafts, the Disinsection Institute in Belgrade was built.harvnb | Rožman | 2017 | p = 20
Jacques Bouli was a famous Belgrade merchant and hotelier. He was the owner of the Royal Hotel in Kralja Petra Street (Belgrade) until the beginning of World War II. Jacques and Hugo perished in the Holocaust during World War II.
Jacques' son Monny de Boully was poet, journalist and literary critic. He was one of the founders of new literary movements, poetry proclamations and publications. After the First World War, he went to Paris, where he entered the circle of the most famous French Surrealism. Upon his return to Belgrade, in 1926, together with Risto Ratković, he started the magazine Večnost, which represented the ideas of the Surrealists. Returning to Paris, he became a member of many avant-garde groups and started several magazines. name="Rožman 21" 
=== Economic activity ===
Eddie Buli began his career as a merchant, and later founded a bank which he took over after his death and even more successfully founded by his eldest son Bencion Buli. He was credited with expanding Serbia's trade ties with foreign countries, and at the same time he was the president of the Trade Savings Bank and a member of the first Discount Board of the Privileged National Bank. In addition, he was a member of the Tariff Board. The Serbian State Railways and the Commercial Court. He was in close association with Branko Jovanović and individuals such as Đorđe Vajfert, Rašić brothers, Ilija Kovačević or Ignjat Bajloni.
=== Political engagement ===
Edija Buli enjoyed the reputation and respect of the prince, later Milan Obrenović, and later Aleksandar I Karađorđević. By decrees of the prince (1881), then king (1885) Milan Obrenović and king Aleksandar Obrenović (1895) he was appointed deputy National Assembly (Serbia). name="Gaon" Among the forty members of the assembly it was the first time that a Jew from Belgrade was appointed deputy. He was also appointed ambassador, and the parliamentary appointment was transferred to his brother David, and later to his son Bencion, who was elected municipal councilor in Belgrade. name="Gaon" 
=== Activities in the Sephardic community ===
Edija Buli was a prominent member of the Sephardic community in Belgrade. He actively participated in the work of several humanitarian organizations. name="Gaon" In the period from 1897 to 1907, he served as president of the Jewish Sephardic community, replacing Jakov Alkalaj. Like his predecessor, Edija Buli advocated the construction of a new Beth Israel Synagogue in Cara Uroša Street (Belgrade). He also attended the 10 May 1907, laying ceremony (foundation stone). The cornerstone was laid by the King Petar I Karađorđević. name = "Rožman" On that occasion, a charter written in Parchment, Hebrew and Serbian language , signed by the king. Edija Buli did not wait for the completion of the construction Synagogue, which was consecrated on 8 September 1908.cite book |last1=Lebl | first1 = Women | author1-link = Women Lebl | title = Until the final solutions ": Jews in Belgrade 1521-1942 |date=2001 | publisher = Čigoja štampa | location = Beograd | page = 233-235 |url=http://www.beogradskasinagoga.rs/text/Sinagoge%20u%20Beogradu.pdf |access-date=8 May 2021 | chapter = Synagogues in Belgrade
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