Greek jewry
Beyond the beaches and medieval walls: Discovering Jewish Rhodes
From airport signs, restaurant menus on buzzing streets, and business cards in Hebrew, an Israeli visitor can almost feel at home in Rhodes.
A globetrotting journey from Greece to Israel: The journey of Victor Politis
80 years later, Thessaloniki’s documentary film festival to pay tribute to deported Jews
Voting for a stronger relationship between the Jewish and Hellenic states - opinion
A family holiday in northern Greece: From Zeus to Zagori
Unlike Athens or the islands, northern Greece is an area that is not well known to travelers outside of Europe. Buor families with kids of any age, it offers an abundance of activities.
Oldest Greek Holocaust survivor Esther Cohen dies at 96
In 2014, Cohen made headlines when then German President Joachim Gauck visited Ioannina and met her in a public event.
Greek newspaper publisher convicted of hate speech against Jewish leader
In addition to defaming Moissis personally, the paper “contributed deliberately to the reproduction of a rhetoric of hate against the Greek Jewry,” the court said.
Locals commemorate pogrom against Greeks and Jews in Turkey in 1955
The attacks didn’t only target Greeks but also other minorities, including Jews and Armenians.
Grapevine November 3, 2019: A miraculous meeting
A round up of news from around Israel.
It’s Greek to me
This summer I discovered a thriving Jewish community in one camp that was supposed to have been obliterated in another.
Race to preserve rare Mosaic of Ancient Greek Synagogue
A special exhibition of the 4th Century CE mosaic was opened last week on Aegina Island
Greek Jewry and the Holocaust
Before World War II, approximately 80,000 Jews lived in Greece in 31 different communities. By war’s end, only 10,000 Jews survived.
