Greek jewry
A globetrotting journey from Greece to Israel: The journey of Victor Politis
Since the 1970s, Politis has photo-documented street life in some 80 countries and won prizes. After travelling the world, the only place Politis wanted to live in Israel was Old Jaffa.
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
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.
