Greek jewry
'Jerusalem of the Balkans': Exploring Thessaloniki's lost Jewish history - opinion
I had long wanted to visit the city where the port once closed on Shabbat, and where Jews were both longshoremen and leaders in commercial development.
CAM weekly antisemitism report – Islamist operatives scouting Jewish targets
Athens has lost its way: Is the birthplace of democracy normalizing antisemitism?
CAM calls on Athens Mayor to act
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
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
The city’s documentary film festival is paying tribute to Jews killed during the Holocaust and to the Jewish community’s enduring importance to the city.
Voting for a stronger relationship between the Jewish and Hellenic states - opinion
Israel and the global Jewish community continue to advocate for Greece and support the political and diplomatic struggles facing Greece in relation to the tensions and hostilities coming from Ankara.
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.
