Elias Messinas

Ole Hadash from Greece, architect and environmental consultant, graduate of Yale, Bezalel, Technion and NTUA in Athens. Teaches sustainable design at Holon Institute of Technology, Technion, and Patras University. Author on books and articles on the Synagogues of Greece, Sustainable Design and Architecture. Founding Chairman of NGO ECOWEEK.

A man, who flew back from Spain, is seen on the balcony of a hotel where he and other passengers were placed in a two-week quarantine, after the Greek government imposed a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Athens, Greece, March 23, 2020

Choice: How to benefit from the crisis

It is too early to evaluate the current crisis. Yet, it may be a good opportunity to review our choices up till now and even to consider the day after the crisis.

APRIL 4, 2020

THE EXTERIOR of the synagogue in Trikala was recently daubed with antisemitic graffiti.

Greece experiences antisemitism ahead of Greek Holocaust Remembrance Day

Greece will commemorate again this year the Memorial Day to the Greek Jewish Martyrs and Heroes of the Holocaust on January 27.

JANUARY 21, 2020

Activist Greta Thunberg speaks during the global demonstration "Global strike for future" in central Stockholm, Sweden, March 15, 2019.

Climate crisis: Starting the new year with awareness

JANUARY 4, 2020

Friday for future or for shopping?

“Black Friday” is a shopping spree, encouraging people to flock to malls and the Internet, to shop.

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Black Friday

The Jewish community of Arta, Greece – fables, memories and the Holocaust

The church of Panagia Parigoritisa (Panagia of Consolation) is another legendary monument.

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

INVASTION OF German army into Greece.

ECOWEEK 2018: Social and Environmental Design in Israel

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Empty

JUNE 9, 2018

Hanukka in Jewish Thessaloniki with light and miracles

Although Jewish life in Thessaloniki flourished, the community was often faced with the threat of destruction throughout history, and survived.

DECEMBER 18, 2017

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR Janna Saatsoglou sits in front of a Holocaust monument during the 70th anniversary of the first deportation of Jews from Thessaloniki to Auschwitz in Thessaloniki.

Hanukkah in Jewish Thessaloniki with light and miracles

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Jerusalem Pool closed YMCA Pool opens

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Climate Summit and Killer Cities: An Intense Sustainability Week

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Climate Change: An Abyss with many Bridges

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Give Earth A Chance

OCTOBER 15, 2017