Inaugurated in 2014, it is the only such facility built after the Second World War in the Balkans.

It includes a religious centre - the Ilona Weiss synagogue - as well as shops, coffee bars, and private spaces.

The synagogue is part of the Jewish cultural centre is named after the mother of Arie Livne, Ilona Weiss, who during World War II was murdered in Auschwitz.

The Jewish cultural center is named after Arie Livne, friend of Republika Srpska's President Milorad Dodik, who named him as Representative of Republika Srpska in Israel.

In 2017 it was revealed that the office is registered as a private company in Israel, despite having received nearly one million Bosnian Marks in public subsidies.