 In 2017, Los Angeles-born Rabbi Ari Edelkopf of the Chabad Hasidic movement settled in the capital city Podgorica with the mission of promoting Judaism among the country's few Jews, as well as providing assistance to Jewish visitors to Montenegro.Groundbreaking for the country's new synagogue took place in December 2017 in Podgorica.The history of Jews in the area of today's Montenegro has not been sufficiently explored.